(2009) Des Gasper. Development Ethics and Human Development
(2009) Des Gasper. Development Ethics and Human Development
(2009) Des Gasper. Development Ethics and Human Development
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psychology, humanistic philosophy and daily moral life that also feed Goulets thinking and
related work in development ethics. Similarly, in thinking about responsible lifestyles or
responsible and respectful (and therefore more effective) forms of advice and influence, or in
trying to interpret and counteract corruption, we can draft and use codes of rights and duties
but also need much more.
Discussion of ethical questions and principles is sometimes felt as embarrassing, but it is far
from a luxury. As human beings we undertake our lives with notions about what are
appropriate ends and rights and due respect, and those ideas require attention, for better
understanding, for negotiation, and for our orientation and motivation.
Some general sources:
1. Adger W Crocker, D.A., 1996. International Development Ethics. A short on-line
introduction at: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/OApp/OAppCroc.htm.
2. Crocker, D.A., 2008. Ethics of Global Development Agency, Capability and Deliberative
Democracy, Cambridge University Press.
3. Esquith, S., & F. Gifford, eds., 2009 (in press). Capabilities, Power and Institutions:
Towards a More Critical Development Ethics, Pennsylvania State University Press.
4. Ethics and Economics, 4(2) [http://ethics-economics.com/Volume-4-Numero-2.html].
Selected papers from a 2006 International Development Ethics Association conference in
Uganda.
5. Gasper, D., 2004. The Ethics of Development, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (and
2005: South Asia edition, Delhi: Sage). A general overview and textbook.
6. Gasper, D., 2007. Human Rights, Human Needs, Human Development, Human Security.
Forum for Development Studies (NUPI, Oslo), 2007/1, 9-43.
7. Gasper, D., 2008. Denis Goulet and the Project of Development Ethics: Choices in
methodology, focus and organization. Journal of Human Development, 9(3), 453-474.
8. Gasper, D., & A. Lera St. Clair (eds.), 2009 (in press). Development Ethics, Aldershot:
Ashgate. A selection of work from across development ethics.
9. Glover, J., 1995. The Research Programme of Development Ethics. Pp.116-39 in
Nussbaum, M. and Glover, J., eds. (1995) Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of
Human Capabilities, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
10. Goulet, D., 1971. The Cruel Choice. New York: Atheneum.
11. Goulet, D., 1988. Tasks and Methods in Development Ethics, Cross Currents, 38(2), 146163.
12. Goulet, D., 2006, Development Ethics at Work: Explorations 1960-2002, New York:
Routledge.
13. Gunatilleke, G., Tiruchelvam, N., Coomaraswamy, R. (eds.) 1983. Ethical Dilemmas of
Development in Asia, London: Lexington Books.
14. Hamelink, C., 1997. Making Moral Choices in Development Co-operation: The Agenda for
Ethics. In Hamelink (ed., 1997), pp. 11-24.
15. Hamelink, C. (ed.), 1997. Ethics and Development - on making moral choices in development
co-operation, Kampen, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Kok.
16. Quarles van Ufford, P., & A.K. Giri (eds.) 2003. A Moral Critique of Development. London:
Routledge.
17. Schwenke, C. (2007), Formulating and Implementing an Effective Code of Ethics:
Guidance Manual for Public Institutions. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development
Bank.
18. Schwenke, C. (2008), Reclaiming Value in International Development: The Moral
Dimensions of Development Policy and Practice in Poor Countries, Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.
19. Stiglitz, J. (2007), Making Globalization Work, expanded edition, New York: W.W. Norton.
Note: HD Insights are network members' contributions and do not necessarily represent
the views of UNDP.