Annette Bair and Marilyn Friedman have opposing views on whether women have distinct moral perspectives. Like Friedman, I believe that women do not have different moral perspectives than men. Some people, like Bair, think that women base their moral perspectives simply on trust and love and that men base theirs on justice. Friedman emphasizes that care and justice coincide. People use justice to decide what is appropriate in caring relationships, and caring is taken into account when determining what is right. Since these two moral perspectives correspond, gender does not distinguish different moral perspectives. Women becoming philosophers most likely triggered debate about whether genders have different moral perspectives. Like most professions, philosophy was predominantly male-dominated until the birth of the women's suffrage movement. Women began writing their theories and perspectives on the topics. Some believed that women based all of their ethical perspectives on caring because of their prior experience as primary caregivers. Women like Held and Card were prominent philosophers of care ethics, so it seemed plausible that it could be debated whether or not women based their ethical perspectives on care. What makes the debate about whether genders have different moral perspectives interesting is that the debate is between two women. This is probably ideal because the whole debate really focuses on women and the question of whether their ethical perspectives have broken out of the mold of their maternal duties after the start of the revolution. Friedman shows us that men do not base their moral perspectives on justice alone and women do. do not rely only on treatment; both coincide. It is almost necessary that both exist together. In caring... middle of paper... justice. This is not true because the two coincide. If, as Bair argues, women had distinct ethical perspectives, each person would be replaceable rather than unique. Our individual moral duties and individual moral perspectives are what make us unique. Since each of us is different and irreplaceable, we can conclude that this is partly due to our individual moral perspectives. Gender does not frame our ethical perspectives because each person has their own moral duties and specific beliefs. Works Cited Annette Bair, “Women Have a Distinct Ethical Perspective,” in You Decide! Current Debates in Ethics, ed. Bruce N. Waller et al. (New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2006).Marilyn Friedman, “Gender Does Not Distinguish Different Moral Perspectives,” in You Decide! Current Debates in Ethics, ed. Bruce N. Waller et al. (New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2006).