Religious Ethics and the Ethics of Care: A Dialogue between Christian Love and Care of the Care Ethics

From 1980's on, the ethics of care has developed in the world base on the thoughts of feminism. It Is opponent to the traditional Just ethics starting from the viewpoint of male; It also declares that morality in the religions, e.g., Christian love or Buddhist compassion, is less powerful than the "Care" in the ethics of Care. It is the case or not, the problem is really a worthy issue deserving the concern of ethic and educational scholars nowadays. Therefore, the research adapts the methods of documentary analysis, comparative research and conversation. First, it attempts to explore the opponent points of the ethics of care against traditional ethics; Secondly, goes further to understand the nature of the "care" in the Ethics of care; Then, exam the nature of Christian love; And finally, the article tries to compare the ideas of care and love, and let them dialogue with each other, meanwhile it may offer some complementary suggestions for each other.