کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1081847 1486773 2014 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Protection as care: Moral reasoning and moral orientation among ethnically and socioeconomically diverse older women
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
حفاظت به عنوان مراقبت: استدلال اخلاقی و گرایش اخلاقی در میان زنان مسن و متفاوت از لحاظ اقتصادی و اجتماعی
کلمات کلیدی
استدلال اخلاقی؛ جهت گیری اخلاقی؛ توسعه اخلاقی؛ زنان قدیمی تر؛ قومیت؛ وضعیت اجتماعی و اقتصادی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب سالمندان و علم پیری شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• The older women participants favored protection in responding to the case scenarios.
• Their reasoning reflected an ethic of care and responsibility.
• This reasoning is highly consistent with Carol Gilligan's care orientation.
• The high SES participants showed a somewhat stronger autonomy focus.
• Family was particularly important in the Latina participants' moral reasoning.

This study examined moral reasoning among ethnically and socioeconomically diverse older women based on the care and justice moral orientations reflecting theoretical frameworks developed by Carol Gilligan and Lawrence Kohlberg, respectively. A major gap in this area of research and theory development has been the lack of examination of moral reasoning in later life. This study addressed this gap by assessing socioeconomically and ethnically diverse older women's reasoning in response to ethical dilemmas showing conflict between autonomy, representative of Kohlberg's justice orientation, and protection, representative of Gilligan's care orientation. The dilemmas used in this study came from adult protective services (APS), the U.S. system that investigates and intervenes in cases of elder abuse and neglect. Subjects were 88 African American, Latina, and Caucasian women age 60 or over from varying socioeconomic status backgrounds who participated in eight focus groups. Overall, participants favored protection over autonomy in responding to the case scenarios. Their reasoning in responding to these dilemmas reflected an ethic of care and responsibility and a recognition of the limitations of autonomy. This reasoning is highly consistent with the care orientation. Variations in the overall ethic of care and responsibility based on ethnicity and SES also are discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Aging Studies - Volume 28, January 2014, Pages 44–56
نویسندگان
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