Women and Ethics: a 'seeing' justice?

This article draws together reflections on two different approaches to ethical decision making and argues that reliance on one style is unsatisfactory. The views of Gilligan and several feminist philosophers are used to illustrate the contrasting method and content seen as appropriate to moral reflection. It is claimed that feelings are morally significant and deliberate attention to these may heighten moral sensitivity. A plea for the use of all our capacities in making judgements is made and a tentative scheme for integrating sentiment and reason and focusing attention on the particular as well as the general is outlined.