Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan
Carol Gilligan wearing a black and gray striped top, grinning at camera
Gilligan in 2011
Born (1936-11-28) November 28, 1936 (age 87)
OccupationProfessor
SpouseJames Gilligan
Children3
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Swarthmore College
  • Radcliffe College
  • Harvard University
Academic work
Discipline
  • Psychology
  • ethics
  • feminism
Notable works
  • In a Different Voice
  • Mapping the Moral Domain
  • Making Connections
  • Meeting at the Crossroads
  • The Birth of Pleasure

Carol Gilligan (/ˈɡɪlɪɡən/; born November 28, 1936) is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist, best known for her work on ethical community and ethical relationships.

Gilligan is a professor of Humanities and Applied Psychology at New York University and was a visiting professor at the Centre for Gender Studies and Jesus College at the University of Cambridge until 2009. She is known for her book In a Different Voice (1982), which criticized Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development.

In 1996, Time magazine listed her among America's 25 most influential people.[1] She is considered the originator of the ethics of care.

  1. ^ Graham, Ruth (June 24, 2012). "Carol Gilligan's Persistent 'Voice'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 9, 2018.