Contra uma moralidade das mulheres: a crítica de Joan Tronto a Carol Gilligan

Abstract

This paper aims to reconstruct Joan Tronto's critique of Carol Gilligan's model of care ethics. Tronto's analysis comprises, on the one hand, that care is not restricted to a feminine morality, but a morality of groups in the condition of subordination, and, on the other hand (consequently), that one can not theorize care without social contribution. In this aspect, Tronto observes in Gilligan's analysis an essentialist and elitist discourse that seeks to universalize the experience of care from hegemonic groups.