Table Of ContentRoutledge Handbook of
Development Ethics
The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics provides readers with insight into the central
questions of development ethics, the main approaches to answering them, and areas for
future research. Over the past seventy years, it has been argued and increasingly accepted that
worthwhile development cannot be reduced to economic growth. Rather, a number of other
goals must be realised:
• Enhancement of people’s well-being
• Equitable sharing in benefits of development
• Empowerment to participate freely in development
• Environmental sustainability
• Promotion of human rights
• Promotion of cultural freedom, consistent with human rights
• Responsible conduct, including integrity over corruption
Agreement that these are essential goals has also been accompanied by disagreements about
how to conceptualize or apply them in different cases or contexts. Using these seven goals as
an organizing principle, this Handbook presents different approaches to achieving each one,
drawing on academic literature, policy documents and practitioner experience.
This international and multidisciplinary Handbook will be of great interest to development
policymakers and program workers, and students and scholars in development studies, public
policy, international studies, applied ethics and other related disciplines.
Jay Drydyk is Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is Past
President of the International Development Ethics Association and a Fellow of the Human
Development and Capability Association.
Lori Keleher is Associate Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, USA. She
serves on the board of the International Development Ethics Association, as well as on the
Executive Council and as a Fellow for the Human Development and Capability Association.
“Jay Drydyk and Lori Keleher have done a stellar job in bringing leading scholars in development
ethics together for this Handbook of Development Ethics. The chapters in this handbook make
it clear that development is not just about economic growth, but in the first place about
wellbeing, justice, empowerment, the environment, human rights, cultural freedoms, and taking
responsibilities. This handbook will become an essential resource for any student or teacher of
development ethics. And it should be interesting for anyone who wants to think systematically
about what matters when moving towards a better world for all.”
Ingrid Robeyns, Chair in Ethics of Institutions, Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands
“The three quarters of a century after the second world war has seen dramatic improvements,
on average, in life expectancy, educational achievements, and income in parts of the world where
these were lowest. The ‘on average’ qualification is of course important—some have benefited
much more than others, and significant numbers have been immiserized. What are the basic
ethical principles according to which one would assess the gains for some against the losses for
others in health, education and income? Are these the only dimensions along which changes
are to be measured and assessed? And in any case, can such consequentialist perspectives capture
the essence of ethical dilemmas in development? These questions do not make for easy answers,
and there is lively debate among scholars on development ethics, animated by ground level
political expressions, sometimes violent, of huge discontent among those ‘being developed’. This
excellent volume brings together leading analysts to chart the terrain and lay the foundations for
further systematic debate and exploration. It will become a go-to reference for those working
on normative assessment of the development process.”
Ravi Kanbur, T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics
and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, USA
“This book is an extraordinary conversation among diverse ethical values that in the process
revises each one of them. Like in a symphony, where the color and sound of an instrument is
perceived differently when joined by others, the seven values organizing this handbook interact
as living creatures. The orchestra is in place; and it is worth listening to it like a unified piece. It
is much more than a handbook.”
Javier M. Iguiniz-Echeverria, Professor Emeritus, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru,
Executive Secretary of the National Accord of Peru, President of the Institute
for Human Development in Latin America
Routledge Handbook of
Development Ethics
Edited by Jay Drydyk and Lori Keleher
First published 2019
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Drydyk, Jay, editor. | Keleher, Lori, editor.
Title: Routledge handbook of development ethics / edited by Jay Drydyk
and Lori Keleher.
Other titles: Handbook of development ethics
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018009994 (print) | LCCN 2018025386 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781315626796 (eBook) | ISBN 9781138647909 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Economic development—Moral and ethical aspects. | Economic
development—Social aspects. | Social ethics. | Human rights.
Classification: LCC HD75 (ebook) | LCC HD75 .R679 2018 (print) |
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Contents
List of figures and tables ix
Notes on contributors x
Acknowledgements xviii
1 Introduction 1
Jay Drydyk and Lori Keleher
PART I
Contexts 15
2 Global ethics 17
Nigel Dower
3 Integral human development 29
Lori Keleher
4 Post-development 35
Mitu Sengupta
5 Epistemology 41
Anna Malavisi
PART II
Well-being 53
6 Well-being 55
Rebecca Gutwald
7 The capability approach 68
Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Séverine Deneulin
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Contents
8 Happiness 84
Milena Nikolova
9 Adaptive preferences 93
Serene J. Khader
PART III
Social and global justice 101
10 Social and global justice 103
Julian Culp
11 Gender 116
Christine M. Koggel
12 Indigenous peoples 134
Krushil Watene and Roger Merino
13 Horizontal inequalities 148
Frances Stewart
14 Children 156
Flavio Comim
15 Health 162
Sridhar Venkatapuram
PART IV
Empowerment and agency 169
16 Empowerment 171
Karie Cross Riddle
17 Agency 183
Matthew R. G. Regan
18 Education 188
Alejandra Boni and Merridy Wilson-Strydom
19 Displacement 200
Asmita Kabra and Jay Drydyk
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Contents
PART V
Environmental sustainability 207
20 Sustainability and climate change 209
Andrew Crabtree
21 Food production 226
Paul B. Thompson
22 Buen vivir and the rights of nature 234
Johannes M. Waldmueller and Laura Rodríguez
PART VI
Human rights 249
23 Human rights 251
Polly Vizard
24 The right to development 266
Stephen P. Marks
25 Security 281
Stephen L. Esquith
PART VII
Cultural freedom 297
26 Cultural freedom 299
Stacy J. Kosko
27 LGBTI people 310
Yuvraj Joshi
28 Religion 320
Katherine Marshall
PART VIII
Responsibility 331
29 International responsibilities 333
Julian Culp
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30 Development practitioners 346
Chloe Schwenke
31 Corruption 353
Sirkku K. Hellsten
PART IX
Regional perspectives 367
32 Latin America 369
Mario Solís
33 South Asia 376
Shashi Motilal and Prakriti Prajapati
34 East Asia 382
Benedict S. B. Chan
35 Middle East and North Africa 387
Alain Piveteau and Eric Rougier
36 French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa 394
Jérôme Ballet, Kouamékan J. M. Koffi, and Alice Kouadio
37 Sub-Saharan Africa 401
Byaruhanga Rukooko Archangel
38 Europe 407
Louise Haagh
39 USA and Canada 416
Eric Palmer
Index 424
viii
Figures and tables
Figures
20.1 Planetary boundaries, second version 212
20.2 The evaluative space of the capability approach 215
Tables
18.1 Development paradigms and their links to education 193
18.2 Capability dimensions for university access and success 197
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