If ethics is connected to our nature, as the last weeks have explored, some wonder whether or not that might mean distinct ethical virtues for distinct genders. Reacting to the suggestion of her colleague that women tend not to reach the detachment from personal concern that can characterize the ideal of impartiality and universal justice Carol Giligan instead suggests that partiality and personal concern are co equal ethical values. comment on the importance of partiality and connectedness in moral deliberation, whether or not there is a difference in the genders in regards to its importance, and, finally, to say whether or not this difference is natural or taught