care

a.k.a. nurturing sometimes, protectiveness sometimes

Complementary virtues¶

• compassion
• helpfulness
• kindness

Contrasting vices¶

• indifference
• neglect

Virtues possibly in tension¶

• independence?

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

TBD

Notes and links¶

• Skills You Need: Carer Skills
• Notes on Care (David, LessWrong)

Mentioned elsewhere¶

• One of Shannon Vallor’s "technomoral virtues"
• See also: care ethics

Inspirational quotes¶

• “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” ―George Eliot, Middlemarch (spoken by the character Dorothea Brooke)