ABSTRACT
This chapter continues the dependency critique of Rawls in showing that dependency concerns, despite how vital they are to any conception of the good, are left out of the primary goods. With that omission comes a similar oversight, the failure to recognize that the ability to give and receive care is one of our most essential moral powers. And finally, the conception of social cooperation so central to Rawl’s notion of a well-ordered society does not include dependency concerns among the elements of social cooperation, nor does it provide a place for dependents in the scheme of social cooperation. The chapter closes with a proposal envisioning a conception of justice as a public ethic of care which I call doulia.
