The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty: Mapping The Ethical Dilemmas Of Global Development

by Daniel Little

Overview

We live in a time of human paradoxes. Scientific knowledge has reached a level of sophistication that permits understanding of the most arcane phenomena and yet religious fundamentalism dominates in many parts of the world. We witness the emergence of a civil, liberal constitutionalism in many regions of the world and yet ethnic violence threatens

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318857
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Daniel Little is associate professor of philosophy at Colgate University and visiting scholar at the centre for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Welfare, Well-Being, and Needs — What Is Economic Development? — Goals and Strategies for Economic Development — Justice — Human Rights — Aid, Trade, and the Global Economy — Development and the Environment — Democracy and Development — Conclusion: Toward a Global Civil Society