Systematic Review of Caring Thinking and Its Correlations in Ethical Philosophy

The purpose of this study was a systematic review of the application of caring thinking and its correlations in ethical philosophy. The research method is literature review and library research. In this study, existing articles on the subject were used in order to comprehensively and systematically review and summarize the interested content. For this purpose, articles from Persian and English sites in the field of caring thinking were studied and reviewed.Caring thinking, as the third component of Lipman’s three modes of thinking theory, has cardinal dimensions such as Appreciative Thinking, Affective Thinking, Active Thinking, Normative Thinking, and Empathic Thinking and progresses towards ethics and a better life which are rooted in theories of moral development by theorists such as Kohlberg, and can be used to design educational packages for cognitive development and the buildout of different levels of thinking (including moral development of children and adolescents).Despite its philosophical roots, caring thinking has rather straightforward and relevant psychological and moral correlations that together can manifest in the feeling of being cared for, companionship, positive and committed thinking based on values, emotions and norms.