ability to be cared for, 66, 76, 101–102, 104, 135, 160

ability to care, 7, 23, 66, 68–69, 71, 76, 81, 85, 96–97, 101–106, 129, 135, 154, 158, 160

action, 2, 5, 11–12, 21, 23–27, 35, 48–56, 59, 64–65, 70, 74, 83, 86, 94–96, 112–113, 119–123, 125, 127, 129–134, 137–138, 144, 147–149, 152–156, 159–161, 167–168, 171, 173–175, 180, 183–184

address, 33–34, 90, 115–117, 120, 134, 137–141, 145, 155–156, 168–170, 176–177, 181

after virtue, 15

alternating rhythms, 66, 74, 76

amorality, 8

antifoundationalism, 8–10

Arendt, H., 2, 4–6, 24, 27–28, 109, 112–114, 121–133, 147–148, 153–155, 159–160, 162–163, 165–166, 168, 174–175

Arneson, P., 9–11, 53–54, 66, 83–84, 140, 175

Arnett, R., 5–6, 9–13, 25, 30, 33, 35, 41–45, 47–54, 58–59, 122, 140, 142–143, 158, 161, 175

Arnett, R., Fritz, J., & Bell, L., 14, 84

attentiveness, 3, 31, 64, 67, 84, 96, 115, 170

Bauman, Z., 14–15

becoming aware, 34, 39, 71, 77–78, 90, 100, 134, 137–140, 145, 168

Bellah, R. et al., 12–14

Benner, P. & Wrubel J., 19, 64, 70–71

between, 33–34, 39, 44–46, 54, 64, 127, 140–143, 145–147, 149, 155–156, 159, 172

Buber, M., 1–2, 4–8, 10–11, 13, 16, 24–25, 27–28, 30–60, 64–65, 70, 83, 89, 91–93, 109, 112–121, 123, 126, 128–130, 134–148, 150–152, 154–155, 158, 160, 168–170, 172, 174–176, 184

call of conscience, 17, 66

care as communicatively constituted, 4, 7, 25–26, 61, 63–81, 102, 107, 109, 114, 129, 147, 159–160, 162, 169, 174

caring about, 67, 87, 91–92, 95–96, 183

common center, 44, 48–51, 54, 140

communication ethics, 3–4, 14, 17, 25, 27–28, 30, 35, 49, 53, 56–59, 66, 83–84, 109, 161, 174

communion, 34, 36–38, 40, 60–61, 159–160, 176

community, 2, 12–15, 42–45, 48–49, 51–53, 55, 71, 123, 129, 149, 162, 180

competence, 67, 84, 96

confirmation, 7, 45, 50, 89, 92–93, 129, 135, 140, 143–147, 150, 176

conscience, 66, 79–80, 102, 119, 157

constancy of the other, 66, 76

Cook, M., & Holba, A., 14, 83

costs of caring, 67, 99–100

devaluation of care, 2, 4, 17, 64, 113

dialogic civility, 53–54, 59

dialogic education, 49–52, 59

dialogue, 1–8, 10–11, 16–17, 24–28, 30–50, 52–61, 64–65, 67, 72, 92–93, 102, 109, 112–114, 116–118, 120–121, 123, 126, 129, 135–140, 142–156, 158–162, 165–166, 168–171, 173–177, 179, 181–185

disdain for authority, 8

distance, 134, 136–137, 139, 145–147, 155, 181

dynamic autonomy, 67, 98–100, 106

Eagleton, T., 8

emotivism, 15, 24

empathy, 67, 79–80, 98–96, 106, 109, 142, 144, 173

engrossment, 57, 89, 93

ethic of care, 27, 57–59, 67, 84–87, 91–93, 95, 97, 101, 103–104, 114

ethical caring, 88, 90, 93, 103

existential mistrust, 2, 4, 6–11, 13, 16, 24, 28, 65, 69, 112, 150, 154, 158

expressive communication, 56

forgiveness, 130, 132–133

Friedman, M., 5, 32, 34, 41–43, 118–119, 134–135, 142–144

functional communication, 33

Gaylin, W., 26, 66, 70–71, 78–81, 84, 101–103, 105, 107, 114

Geertz, C., 9

genuine meeting, 31, 34, 60–61, 117, 148–150, 152, 159, 166–168, 170–171, 176

Gilligan, C., 26, 67, 84–87, 101–105, 107, 114

Gordon, S. et al., 18, 22, 70

guilt reciprocation, 66, 76

Heidegger, M., 26, 66

Hesed, 141–143

Holba, A., 9, 33

home, 20–22, 30, 50–51, 69, 77, 88, 122, 163, 176–177

honesty, 66, 74–76, 106, 109, 141, 173

hope, 6–8, 34, 44, 51–52, 54, 60, 66, 74–75, 77, 106, 153–154, 162

human condition, 5, 27, 57, 66, 88, 118, 122–124, 126–127, 130, 148, 153, 161, 167, 171, 174

humility, 66, 74–75, 77, 106, 109, 173

Hyde, M., 17, 66, 112

identification, 38, 66, 71, 79–81

I-It relations, 32–33, 37, 46, 53, 55, 60, 137

imagining the real, 50, 144–145

inclusion, 52–53, 92–93

individualism, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11–13, 15–16, 18–19, 23, 28, 65, 69, 71, 79, 154, 158

interhuman, 5, 44, 56, 66, 134, 139–141, 145–147, 156, 160, 184

I-Thou, 32–33, 37, 46, 53, 55, 57, 60, 92, 136–139, 142, 146

Johannesen, R., 2–3, 5, 25–26, 32, 36, 38–40, 56–59, 158

Kaplan, A., 37–38, 40, 47, 49

Keller, P. & Brown, C., 37, 40, 49

knowing, 31, 66, 74–75, 106, 127, 175

Kristeva, J., 5

labor, 1–6, 8, 17, 21, 24, 26–28, 30, 59, 61, 65, 68, 72, 92, 102, 109, 112–114, 121–129, 134, 146, 148–149, 152–156, 158–171, 173–175, 179–181, 183–185

Lasch, C., 12

Leininger, M., 71

Les Misérables, 2–3, 24, 27–28, 31, 112, 161, 173–175, 179, 181–182

Levinas, E., 58, 66

Lyotard, J-F., 9

MacIntyre, A., 14–16, 27

Matson, F., & Montagu, A., 32, 35–37, 39–42, 46–49, 58

Mayeroff, M., 26, 65–66, 70, 72–78, 84, 102–105, 107, 114

metanarrative, 6, 9, 11, 16, 28

minimal self, 12

monologue, 42–43, 47, 55–56, 60–61, 159

mutuality, 33–35, 73, 106, 108, 117, 135, 140, 142, 145, 173, 183

narrative, 2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12, 15–16, 23, 27, 44, 51, 54, 68, 161

narrative contention, 68

narrow ridge, 44, 48

natality, 149, 152–154, 161, 173

natural caring, 88, 103

Neher, W. & Sandin, P., 14

Nietzsche, F., 11

nihilism, 8

Noddings, N., 2–3, 5, 18, 25–26, 57–59, 64, 67, 87–93, 101–105, 107, 114, 129, 135, 142, 158, 165

obligation, 5, 14–15, 26–27, 73, 83, 85–86, 102–103, 107–109, 112–117, 120–121, 123, 126–129, 134, 148–149, 151, 154–155, 160, 162, 165, 168–171, 173, 179–181, 183–185

otherness, 33–34, 45, 53, 58, 104–105, 108, 129, 131, 134–136, 141, 143–147, 149, 155–156, 172

partiality, 67, 98–99

particular other, 72–73, 86, 89, 91, 98, 102–108, 118, 129, 135, 145–146, 160, 172

patience, 66–67, 74, 76, 98–99, 106, 108, 173

phenomenology, 35, 39–41, 48, 59

postmodern, 2, 4, 6, 8–11, 14–18, 23–24, 28, 65, 69, 112, 154, 158, 162

Poulakos, J., 38–41

psychologism, 41

real meeting, 34, 147, 155

receptivity, 64, 67, 87, 91

reciprocity, 57–58, 91–93, 135, 140, 142–143, 145, 147, 150

relatedness, 67, 87–88, 104

relation, 4–6, 26–28, 30–33, 40, 46–47, 54, 56, 59–61, 64, 71, 84, 87–93, 102–105, 108–109, 112–115, 117, 119–120, 123, 129–132, 134–152, 155, 160–161, 166–167, 169, 171–173, 176, 181–182

response, 2, 10, 17, 34, 36, 64, 67, 86–88, 90–91, 93, 96, 103–107, 109, 114–118, 120–121, 128–129, 139–143, 149, 155, 159, 166, 168–171, 173, 176, 178

responsibility, 12, 14–15, 17, 20–23, 27, 33, 42, 55, 58, 67, 69, 76, 84–86, 90, 92–93, 96, 102–103, 105, 107–108, 111, 113–121, 123–124, 126–129, 136–137, 142, 146, 148–149, 151–152, 154–155, 160, 162–166, 168–171, 173, 176, 179–181, 184–185

responsiveness, 58, 67, 85, 87, 96, 98–99

Rogers, C., 41, 43

routine cynicism, 2, 4, 9–11, 16, 24, 112

self, 9, 11–14, 19, 39, 41–43, 45, 48, 55, 70, 72–77, 84–86, 89–91, 94–95, 99–100, 104, 106–108, 112, 137, 140, 143, 145–145, 149–152, 156, 172

significant outcomes, 5, 26–27, 102, 109, 112, 146, 148–150, 156, 159–160, 162, 183

skepticism, 8–11, 16, 24, 65, 69, 154, 158

Stewart, J., 25, 30, 32, 36, 39–41, 45–47, 49, 53, 57, 59

stranger, 71, 90

subjectivism, 8, 11

technical dialogue, 43

Tocqueville, A. de, 11–12, 16, 19–22

Tronto, J., 26, 64, 67–68, 70, 93–97, 101–103, 105, 114, 129, 174

trust, 7–8, 10, 13, 16, 33, 66, 69, 72, 74, 77, 81, 99, 106, 108, 117–120, 128, 148, 155, 171, 173

turning toward, 32–33, 57, 64, 104–105, 119, 138–139, 145, 156

unity of contraries, 2–3, 6, 24, 27, 31, 42, 52, 61, 123, 126–128, 146, 148–149, 152–153, 155–156, 162, 165, 171–173

vision, 34, 43–44, 50–51, 158–159

web of relationship, 130–134, 147–149, 153–154, 160, 167–168, 175

Wood, J., 5, 9, 17–18, 25–26, 52–53, 67, 69–70, 86, 97–101, 103, 105–106, 129