For men, the moral imperative appears rather as an injunction to respect the rights of others and thus to protect from interference the rights to life and self-fulfillment. Development for both sexes would therefore seem to entail an integration of rights and responsibilities through the discovery of the complementarity of these disparate views. The Wells environment is ideal for exploring these possibilities. Most notable, the ethic of care is practiced by faculty members. They seek to know students as people, never as numbers.
Students make supportive friendships the basis of community life.
And alumnae, long after they have graduated, never cease to loose interest in campus. The ethic of care allows us to live in an open, accepting, and compassionate community where women are the leaders. Through free expression and dialogue, you are able to hear and understand the perspectives of others. While encountering new ideas is not always comfortable, this experience is essential to your education and development. To grow, you must accept alternative points of view.