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Care Theory and International Relations: Defining a Moral Minimum
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duties we owe to others and that others owe to us. These rights provide focus to existing human rights frameworks by directing our efforts toward guaranteeing individuals of those goods and activities most necessary for human survival and development. Because these rights arise from the biological and developmental needs of human beings, they further avoid the charge of cultural bias.
Caring for others in international relations may take a variety of forms. We may care
for distant others by providing them with temporary emergency assistance; offering their governments grants, loans and technical assistance to develop their infrastructure and public services; and reforming national and international laws that reward corrupt and uncaring governments and undermine the ability of foreign peoples to care for themselves. The general goal is to facilitate the development of strong, responsive and non-corrupt governments that will provide people with stable and prosperous social environments conducive to their caring and basic well being.
Care theory’s approach to international justice is significantly different from the
stated objectives of the current U.S. foreign policy, which emphasizes “a single sustainable model for national success: freedom, democracy and free enterprise” (Bush 2002). Care theory instead suggests that we should aim to help all peoples to meet their basic biological and developmental needs, while leaving it for them to decide whether freedom, democracy and free enterprise suit their visions of national success. These more modest goals make care theory a particularly attractive framework for a theory of international justice. Care theory focuses our attention on the basic goods and activities that are necessary for human survival, development and social reproduction in all cultures or societies. By organizing human affairs around these common goals, care theory lays the foundation for a more stable, peaceful and cooperative international society.
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duties we owe to others and that others owe to us. These rights provide focus to existing
human rights frameworks by directing our efforts toward guaranteeing individuals of those
goods and activities most necessary for human survival and development. Because these
rights arise from the biological and developmental needs of human beings, they further avoid
the charge of cultural bias.
Caring for others in international relations may take a variety of forms. We may care
for distant others by providing them with temporary emergency assistance; offering their
governments grants, loans and technical assistance to develop their infrastructure and public
services; and reforming national and international laws that reward corrupt and uncaring
governments and undermine the ability of foreign peoples to care for themselves. The general
goal is to facilitate the development of strong, responsive and non-corrupt governments that
will provide people with stable and prosperous social environments conducive to their caring
and basic well being.
Care theory’s approach to international justice is significantly different from the
stated objectives of the current U.S. foreign policy, which emphasizes “a single sustainable
model for national success: freedom, democracy and free enterprise” (Bush 2002). Care
theory instead suggests that we should aim to help all peoples to meet their basic biological
and developmental needs, while leaving it for them to decide whether freedom, democracy
and free enterprise suit their visions of national success. These more modest goals make care
theory a particularly attractive framework for a theory of international justice. Care theory
focuses our attention on the basic goods and activities that are necessary for human survival,
development and social reproduction in all cultures or societies. By organizing human affairs
around these common goals, care theory lays the foundation for a more stable, peaceful and
cooperative international society.
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