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Understanding the Duty to Care: A Vulnerability Perspective
Understanding the Duty to Care: A Vulnerability Perspective

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Vulnerability theory differs from liberal political and legal perspectives in significant ways. The theory argues that we must replace the liberal theoretical subject with the “vulnerable subject,” moving analysis away from its current obsession with the individual to focus on the institutional or structural contexts in which the individual must always be placed and theoretically […]

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