MOTHERHOOD, LEGAL ETHICS AND ETHICAL COMPLEXITY IN “HANDLE WITH CARE” BY JODI PICOULT
Keywords:
Handle with Care, Jodi Pikul, onalik, axloqiy tanqid, huquqiy etika, nogironlik, noto'g'ri tug'ilish, axloqiy dilemma.Abstract
This article identifies the ethical dilemmas related to motherhood and legal responsibility in Jodi Picoult’s novel Handle with Care. The story centers on the O’Keefe family and their daughter Willow, who suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta. The novel raises serious moral questions about parental responsibility, truth in the courtroom, and the cost of love.
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