Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy Crocker, David A.

Crocker, David A.

ISBN 10: 0521117380 / ISBN 13: 9780521117388

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy Crocker, David A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521117380
• ISBN 13: 9780521117388
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Poverty, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and tyranny continue to afflict the world. Ethics of Global Development offers a moral reflection on the ends and means of local, national, and global efforts to overcome these five scourges. After emphasizing the role of ethics in development studies, policy-making, and practice, David A. Crocker analyzes and evaluates Amartya Sen's philosophy of development in relation to alternative ethical outlooks. He argues that Sen's turn to robust ideals of human agency and democracy improves on both Sen's earlier emphasis on 'capabilities and functionings' and Martha Nussbaum's version of the capability orientation. This agency-focused capability approach is then extended and strengthened by applying it to the challenges of consumerism and hunger, the development responsibilities of affluent individuals and nations, and the dilemmas of globalization. Throughout the book the author argues for the importance of more inclusive and deliberative democratic institutions.

About the Author

David A. Crocker is Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is an officer of the Human Development and Capability Association, and was founder and a former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA).