Carol Gilligan b. 1936
Carol Gilligan (born 1936) is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Feminism.
Carol Gilligan is an American moral psychologist and feminist philosopher, professor at New York University, whose 1982 In a Different Voice transformed the field of moral psychology by giving sustained attention to the ways in which women, in her empirical interviews, articulated moral problems in a relational and contextual idiom that the dominant theories of moral development, such as Lawrence Kohlberg's, had treated as immature. Her later work in The Birth of Pleasure and Joining the Resistance has extended her care-based ethics into a philosophy of love, voice, and political resistance to the patriarchal silencing of women and girls.
Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Feminism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Carol Gilligan:
“Moral problems arise from conflicting responsibilities, not only from competing rights.”
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Attributed to Carol Gilligan:
“The voice of care is not less moral than the voice of justice; it is justice's other half.”
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Attributed to Carol Gilligan:
“Resistance to the silencing of one's own voice is a moral, not merely a political, achievement.”
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Attributed to Carol Gilligan:
“Listen to women, and the categories of moral theory begin to shift.”
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Attributed to Carol Gilligan:
“Love is the recognition that the other is a unique someone, not a placeholder for the universal.”
Frequently asked about Carol Gilligan
- When was Carol Gilligan born?
- Carol Gilligan was born in 1936.
- Where was Carol Gilligan from?
- Carol Gilligan is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Carol Gilligan associated with?
- Carol Gilligan is associated with Feminism.
- What is Carol Gilligan known for?
- Carol Gilligan is an American moral psychologist and feminist philosopher, professor at New York University, whose 1982 In a Different Voice transformed the field of moral psychology by giving sustained attention to the ways in which women, in her empirical interviews, articulated moral problems in a relational and contextual idiom that the dominant theories of moral development, such as Lawrence Kohlberg's, had treated as immature.
- How many quotes are attributed to Carol Gilligan?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Carol Gilligan in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.