%0 Journal Article %T Reflections on the Value of Vulnerability: Towards a Relational ‎Understanding of ‎Vulnerability with Ethics of Care %A Aastha Mishra %J international journal of philosophy and social-psychological sciences %@ 2414-5343 %D 2019 %V 5 %N 4 %P 31-38 %X Vulnerability is an inalienable aspect of human existence. In spite of the fact that sufficient ‎groundwork has been done on the notion of vulnerability, it is to be noted that until now, ‎vulnerability has typically been conceived as a negative condition relating to dependency, ‎weakness, fragility, passivity and exploitation. Contrary to this, this paper attempts to re-‎consider the concept of vulnerability along positive lines by principally focusing upon the ‎moral and ontological roots of vulnerability by employing the Feminist Ethics of Care model. ‎The exponents of Care Ethics extend a normative version of vulnerability with prime emphasis ‎on two aspects, namely, vulnerability as a compositional form of relationality and ‎responsibility. The question that will be addressed in this paper is, ‘How can we construct a ‎progressive and value-laden approach to vulnerability by employing the principles of an Ethic ‎of Care?’ Fundamentally, it will be argued that between the individual and the universal, lies ‎relationships that have been overlooked while discussing the notion of vulnerability. This study ‎therefore, aims to unlock the moral dynamic of vulnerability with ontological implications. ‎Subsequently, an idea of Shared human vulnerability will be authentically introduced in the ‎paper which will help us to think about the power of vulnerability with the existential genesis ‎of Care Ethics. %U https://sciarena.com/article/reflections-on-the-value-of-vulnerability-towards-a-relational-understanding-of-vulnerability-with-ethics-of-care