Intro to Ethics Final Paper

There are several moral ethics theories, including deontology, feminist ethics, virtue ethics, utilitarianism, divine command theory, to name a few. Every theory has its own pros and cons, if you will, and each is up for discussions and debates on just about any topic you can think of. Theories are just that – theories. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of theory is: a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity.
As we learned in class, the feminist theory has three basic claims, one: women and men should have equal moral, legal, political and social status; two: we live in a world in which society is biased in favor of males and sees thing from a predominately male perspective (patriarchy); and three: justice requires that we fix this. We must not combat patriarchy and work for a more equal society (egalitarianism). Unfortunately, the word feminist has a negative connotation. Feminist theory is most concerned with giving a voice to women and highlighting the various ways women have contributed to society. It is not a “male bashing”, it is merely asking society to look at men and women as equals.
The moral theory known as “the ethics of care” implies that there is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life. Feminist theory is often tied in with care ethics. Care ethics centers on personal relations and communal ties. Carol Gillian, author of “In a Different Voice”, defines care ethics as an ethics of care that directs our attention to the need for responsiveness in relationships (paying attention, listening, responding) and to the costs of losing connection with oneself or with others. Its logic is inductive, contextual, psychological, rather than deductive or mathematical.
A feminist ethic of care is an ethic of resistance to the injustices