Agency and Democracy in Development Ethics
Cambridge University Press, 3/14/2019
EAN 9781107195004, ISBN10: 1107195004
Hardcover, 486 pages, 23.5 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
A diverse set of expert voices from the Global North and South - philosophers, economists, policy and development scholars and practitioners - explore two themes central to development ethics: agency and democracy. Established luminaries in development ethics engage with the book's themes alongside fresh voices on the way to becoming familiar figures in the field. Their essays work within diverse areas of development studies, including human security and human rights, democratic governance in theory and practice, the capability approach, gender and development, and applied and theoretical critiques of the philosophical underpinnings of various accounts of development. The result is a varied and comprehensive discussion of current work in development ethics that significantly advances our understanding of theoretical and practical work of development. This book will interest students, scholars, and practitioners of global justice, human rights, international development and political philosophy.
Introduction Lori Keleher and Stacy J. Kosko
Part I. Development Ethics
1. Why development needs philosophy Lori Keleher
2. What is development? Eric Palmer
3. Public goods and public spirit
reflections on and beyond Nussbaum's political emotions Des Gasper and Flavio Comim
4. Expanding a constricted moral lens
LGBTI persons, human rights, and the capabilities approach Chloe Schwenke
5. Peacebuilding, development assistance, ethics and agency Nigel Dower
Part II. Agency
6. Expanding agency
conceptual, explanatory, and normative implications Christine M. Koggel
7. 'Reason to value'
process, opportunity, and perfectionism in the capability approach Serene J. Khader and Stacy J. Kosko
8. The multidimensionality of empowerment
conceptual and empirical considerations Alejandra Boni, Jay Drydyk, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Aurora López-Fogués and Melanie Walker
9. Agency, income inequality, and subjective well-being
the case of Uruguay Andrea Vigorito and Gonzalo Salas
10. The legal status of whales and dolphins
from Bentham to the capabilities approach Rachel Nussbaum Wichert and Martha C. Nussbaum
Part III. Democracy
11. On some limits and conflicts in participatory democracy Luis Camacho
12. An agency-focused version of capability ethics and ethics of cordial reason
the search for a philosophical foundation for deliberative democracy Adela Cortina
13. The double democratic deficit
global governance and future generations Frances Stewart
14. Deliberative democracy and agency
linking transitional justice and development Colleen Murphy
15. Consensus-building and its impact on policy
the National Agreement Forum in Peru Javier M. IguÃÂñiz EcheverrÃÂa
Part IV. Development Ethics, Agency, and Democracy
New Challenges and New Directions
16. From agency to perfectionist liberalism David A. Crocker
17. Perfectionist liberalism and democracy David A. Crocker.