Table of contents : CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE TO THE 2013 EDITION PREFACE TO THE 2003 EDITION INTRODUCTION 1. WHY CARE ABOUT CARING? 2. THE ONE-CARING 3. THE CARED-FOR 4. AN ETHIC OF CARING 5. CONSTRUCTION OF THE IDEAL 6. ENHANCING THE IDEAL: JOY 7. CARING FOR ANIMALS, PLANTS, THINGS AND IDEAS 8. MORAL EDUCATION AFTERWORD NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX