Thus they fail to appreciate the moral import of particularity and cultural substance: particular relationships between unique individuals, on the one hand, and membership in particular cultural communities or traditions, on the other (for feminist critiques, see Benhabib 1992; Meehan 1995; for a communitarian argument, see Taylor 1989).
He contends, for example, that particular relationships among referees, coaches and players affected the outcomes of games.
"They talk a lot about partnership with the community but it's undermining those partnerships because it is privileging particular relationships with particular schools and not others," she says.
You correctly infer that particular gifts suggest particular relationships and that bestowing something as intimate as clothing is reserved for those with whom we actually are intimate.
He noted Tuesday that the issue remained what kind of "official sanction, or approval, is going to be granted by the government, if you will, to particular relationships".
The effects on life, and in particular relationships, are explored in a really neat show about being forced to say less but mean more.
They often have very little, if any, functional or material value, but act as anchorage points, inspiring feelings of comfort and wellbeing, sparking memories of particular relationships or events.
"The coat's price comes from its history, the history of all the people who were involved in making it and selling it and all the particular relationships they had," he says.
It is disconcerting to acknowledge valuing your own children more than others, but while all children have a claim on your compassion and concern, your primary responsibility is to your own: particular relationships entail particular ethical obligations.
For Noddings, ethics is about particular relationships between two parties: the "one-caring" and the "cared-for".
