토니 모리슨의 『빌러비드』: 캐롤 길리건의 보살핌 윤리의 가치 연구

Abstract

This study examines the positive values of social change that care ethics will bring based on Carol Gilligan''s feminist theory. She says that the feminine ethics of caring for others does not avoid accurate judgment, but ‘recognition’ that considers and encompasses differences in people with differences. Toni Morrison focuses on a mother''s experience of killing her daughter to avoid slavery, and the restoration of her self and identity. This black woman named Sethe blames herself for all the sins of killing her daughter, unable to overcome the trauma of the past and is trapped in the shackles of morality. The core of this case is not the moral judgment of right or wrong about the sincerity of black motherhood. It is important for the community to help Sethe and this should be an unconditional form of help. The female relationship shown by Ella and the village women is a mutually considerate care that goes beyond the dichotomy of selfishness and altruism, which were the main concerns of morality.