%0 Journal Article
%T Sollicitude, d¨¦pendance et lien social
%A Monique Lanoix
%J Les Ateliers de l¡¯¨¦thique
%D 2008
%I Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al
%X La croissance de la population vieillissante en Am¨¦rique du Nord a un impact significatif sur nos politiques sociales. Ainsi, l¡¯¨¦tat qu¨¦b¨¦cois met ¨¤ la disposition des personnes ag¨¦es une aide afin de faciliter le maintien ¨¤ domicile. Qui a maintenant la responsabilit¨¦ de r¨¦pondre aux besoins des personnes ag¨¦es; est-ce la famille ou l¡¯¨¦tat? Si la r¨¦ponse peut nous aider ¨¤ formuler des politiques sociales ¨¦quitables, elle nous pousse aussi ¨¤ repenser le lien social ¨¤ la lumi¨¨re de la d¨¦pendance. Dans un premier temps nous nous pencherons sur l¡¯¨¦volution de l¡¯¨¦thique de la sollicitude pour ensuite analyser les apports des ¨¦tudes sur la production du handicap. Puisque la probl¨¦matique de la d¨¦pendance s¡¯av¨¨re cruciale dans ce d¨¦bat, les ¨¦crits de deux th¨¦oriciens fran ais, Albert Memmi et Bernard Ennuyer, nous aideront ¨¤ ¨¦lucider la question de la d¨¦pendance. Nous verrons par la suite comment ces divers apports peuvent nous amener ¨¤ reconceptualiser le lien social.In this paper I examine whether care ethics can help to conceptualize a richer social ontology which would include a variety of individuals, not only productive ones, under the auspices of justice. In the first part of the paper, I consider the reasons why care ethics has not had a profound impact in political theorizing. Next I examine the troubled relationship of care ethics and disability. Recent writings on social contract theory, in particular those of Anita Silvers and Leslie Pickering as well as Lawrence Becker, argue that social contract theory can include profoundly disabled individuals and I contrast their proposals with that of care ethicists. By examining critical writings on dependency, I show that a strategy for a more inclusive social space needs to include social structures that recognize dependency as a human reality. I argue that care ethics, even if it may not be critical enough of the foundational concept of dependence, is helpful in understanding the role of the state in facilitating the recognition and the contribution of all persons within society.
%K ¨¦thique appliqu¨¦e
%K f¨¦minisme
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