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Gender in the gift and reciprocity: the moral bases of care

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    Identifier:  PC:3362
    Authors:  Comas-d'Argemir, Dolors
    Abstract:
    This article makes a theoretical reflection on the moral principles that co-exist in responsibilities for caring. The gift, reciprocity and merchandise are quite different moral systems that often pull in different directions; there is not just one ethic of care. Obligation and debt are intrinsically related. Being indebted is the very base of the moral system that organizes the responsibility for caring, but this moral obligation is unequally shared between men and women, and between the family and society as a whole. A sense of social justice requires a broader sense of obligation. It is in the framework of social debt where we can make progress towards a balanced distribution of caring between sexes and generations, and towards sharing responsibility among the individual, the family, the state and the community.
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    Link to the original source: https://www.antropologia.cat/estatic/files/2_ComasdArgemir.pdf
    Journal publication year: 2017
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Record's date: 2018-11-20
    First page: 17
    URV's Author/s: COMAS D'ARGEMIR CENDRA, MARIA DOLORS
    Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Article
    Last page: 32
    ISSN: 1696-8298
    Author, as appears in the article.: Comas-d'Argemir, Dolors
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Journal volume: 22
    Research group: Grup d'Investigacions en Antropologia
    Thematic Areas: C. informació i comunicació
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