ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book focuses on justice sometimes been seen as characteristic of men's ways of thinking about morality and a focus on care as characteristic of women's. It indicates what women pressed by patriarchal traditions into doing most of the care-giving tend to think. The book suggests, feminists may do well to be cautious about accepting the values of caring. It also suggests the relevance of caring to issues of social and political institutions and the importance of care in the distinctive practices of African American communities. Feminists seeking to develop moral epistemologies more fruitful than the traditional ones have also attended to care as a moral consideration that ought to inform processes of moral inquiry. Feminists have been engaged in lively and ongoing debates about care and justice.
