Joan Tronto e l’etica della cura: dal mito dell’autonomia al concetto di interdipendenza

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the concept of interde-

pendence in order to show how it constitutes the foundation of Joan

Tronto’s ethics of care. Rather than offering a complete exposition of

Tronto’s framework, this work intends to highlight not only the cen-

trality of interdependence for care ethics, but also the need for an on-

tological shift from the Kantian view of human beings as autonomous

to humans as interdependent and needy. The main question concerns

how it is possible to rethink humanity no longer as autonomous, but

as vulnerable and interdependent.