Essential Care : An Ethics of Human Nature

The issue of care serves as a critique of the agonizing situation of our civilization, but it also serves as an inspiring principle for a new paradigm of living together. This is what Boff presents in this groundbreaking new work. Boff dreams of a world that is still to come, a world where we no longer need electronic devices to overcome our solitude and fulfill the human essence of care and kindness. Essential Care envisions a globalized society in the great common home of the earth and of a world in which care has been recognized as a fundamental ethos of the human being and as an indispensable compassion for all beings of creation. Carelessness: A Sign Of Our Times -- To Care: The Ethos Of The Human Being -- The Fable-myth About 'care' -- An Ingenious Slave: Gaius Julius Hyginus -- Explaining The Fable-myth About Care -- Dimensions Of Care -- The Nature Of Care -- Resonances Of Care -- Concretizations Of Care -- Pathologies Of Care -- Exemplary Figures Of Care -- Conclusion: To Care And The Future Of The Dispossessed Of The Earth. Leonardo Boff ; Translation And Notes, Alexandre Guilherme. Reprint. First Published: London : Spck, C2007. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 152-175) And Index. Translated From The Portuguese. The issue of care serves as a critique of the agonising situation of our civilisation, but it also serves as an inspiring principle for a fresh paradigm of living together. This book envisions a globalised society in the great common home of the earth and of a world in which care has been recognised as a fundamental ethos of the human being. This volume draws on myth, science, and many faiths in Boffs passionate plea for care