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Vulnerable responsibility: Small vices for caregivers

The authors have developed the ethical imagination inviting a sense of “otherness” towards the vulnerable self, rebounding care for the other as a way to understand our everyday neurotic (normal) tendency of small vices as the propensity and possibility f

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Linus Vanlaere (ed)
University College VIVES (West Flanders, Belgium) (Association KU Leuven)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2372-1025
Roger Burggraeve (ed)
KU Leuven
Laetus O.K. Lategan (ed)
Central University of Technology, Free State
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6494-3882
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424178

Chapters

  • Introduction
    Anthem for 'Lost Souls'
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 1. What do I care about the other?
    Antipathy as leverage for good care
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 2. Laziness? What laziness?
    Caregivers also have a right to be lazy
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 3. "I'm only human"
    Mediocrity as a stimulus for good-enough care
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 4. "I don't always say what I think"
    Hypocrisy as a mediator of care that remains human
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 5. "I sometimes say exactly what I am thinking"
    Anger: Keeping committed care on the boil
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 6. "I am not doing it this way any longer"
    Disobedience as a 'virtuous vice'
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere
  • 7. Care Ethics in the wake of Emmanuel Levinas
    A philosophical postscript
    Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Linus Vanlaere

Author Biographies

Linus Vanlaere, University College VIVES (West Flanders, Belgium) (Association KU Leuven)

Professor of ethics and healthcare

Roger Burggraeve, KU Leuven

Emeritus Professor

Laetus O.K. Lategan, Central University of Technology, Free State

Senior Director: Research Development & Postgraduate Studies

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Published
December 1, 2018
Copyright (c) 2018 Linus Vanlaere, Roger Burggraeve, Laetus O.K. Lategan
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Details about the available publication format: Paperback

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ISBN-13 (15)
9781928424161
Date of first publication (11)
2018-12-01
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175mm x 245mm

How to Cite

Vanlaere, L., Burggraeve, R., & Lategan, L. O. (Eds.). (2018). Vulnerable responsibility: Small vices for caregivers. UJ Press. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424178