The blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth, however, has always been the danger of an ethics abstracted from life.
Carol GilliganWhile an ethic of justice proceeds from the premise of equalityโthat everyone should be treated the sameโan ethic of care rests on the premise of nonviolenceโthat no one should be hurt.
Carol GilliganBoth love and democracy depend on voice -- having a voice and also the resonance that makes it possible to speak and be heard.
Carol GilliganIt all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble.
Carol Gilligan