Vulnerability and Collective Responsibility

In vulnerability theory, the body is an ontological or anthropological concept, a fundamental reality. Martha Albertson Fineman argues for a radical “ethics of care” as the foundation for governance, an argument that recognizes that human vulnerability provides the primary legitimating justification for the coercive ordering of human relationships and endeavors through law.

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