If Gilligan is right that women have a different moral langu

If Gilligan is right that women have a different moral language and reasoning, how would one decide which type of moral reasoning, male or female, is the morally “right” one? Or would “right” depend on one\'s gender?

Solution

After going through Carol Gilligan’s “Theory of Moral Development” and “In a Different Voice”, I have identified that she argues that both male and female have different voices, they have different moral language and reasoning. She points out that languages of care and justice is not bounded by any mold of male and female.

Explanation:

She argues that where female tend to speak language of care and responsibilities along with moral language of justice and rights; male tends to only concentrate on moral language of justice and rights. She connects the concept of moral decision making to societal and self environment in which one lives.

Therefore, after going through her theory, I have developed an opinion that being right does not depend on ones gender. Both male and female have different process of decision making and moral reasoning. However, both use justice and care dimensions in the process of moral decision making.