The Practice of Human Development and Dignity

The Practice of Human Development and Dignity
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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 9780268108717
ISBN-13 : 0268108714
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Synopsis The Practice of Human Development and Dignity by : Paolo G. Carozza

Although deeply contested in many ways, the concept of human dignity has emerged as a key idea in fields such as bioethics and human rights. It has been largely absent, however, from literature on development studies. The essays contained in The Practice of Human Development and Dignity fill this gap by showing the implications of human dignity for international development theory, policy, and practice. Pushing against ideas of development that privilege the efficiency of systems that accelerate economic growth at the expense of human persons and their agency, the essays in this volume show how development work that lacks sensitivity to human dignity is blind. Instead, genuine development must advance human flourishing and not merely promote economic betterment. At the same time, the essays in this book also demonstrate that human dignity must be assessed in the context of real human experiences and practices. This volume therefore considers the meaning of human dignity inductively in light of development practice, rather than simply providing a theory or philosophy of human dignity in the abstract. It asks not only “what is dignity” but also “how can dignity be done?” Through a unique multidisciplinary dialogue, The Practice of Human Development and Dignity offers a dialectical and systematic examination of human dignity that moves beyond the current impasse in thinking about the theory and practice of human dignity. It will appeal to scholars in the social sciences, philosophy, and legal and development theory, and also to those who work in development around the globe. Contributors: Paolo G. Carozza, Clemens Sedmak, Séverine Deneulin, Simona Beretta, Dominic Burbidge, Matt Bloom, Deirdre Guthrie, Robert A. Dowd, Bruce Wydick, Travis J. Lybbert, Paul Perrin, Martin Schlag, Luigino Bruni, Lorenza Violini, Giada Ragone, Steve Reifenberg, Elizabeth Hlabse, Catherine E. Bolten, Ilaria Schnyder von Wartensee, Tania Groppi, Maria Sophia Aguirre, and Martha Cruz-Zuniga

Development with Dignity

Development with Dignity
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781000536720
ISBN-13 : 1000536726
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Synopsis Development with Dignity by : Tom G. Palmer

At a time when the global development industry is under more pressure than ever before, this book argues that an end to poverty can only be achieved by prioritizing human dignity. Unable to adequately account for the roles of culture, context, and local institutions, today’s outsider-led development interventions continue to leave a trail of unintended consequences, ranging from wasteful to even harmful. This book shows that increased prosperity can only be achieved when people are valued as self-governing agents. Social orders that recognize autonomy and human dignity unleash enormous productive energy. This in turn leads to the mobilization of knowledge-sharing that is critical to innovation and localized problem-solving. Offering a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives and specific examples from the field showing these ideas in action, this book provides NGOs, multilateral institutions, and donor countries with practical guidelines for implementing "dignity-first" development. Compelling and engaging, with a wide range of recommendations for reforming development practice and supporting liberal democracy, this book will be an essential read for students and practitioners of international development.

Enacting Integral Human Development

Enacting Integral Human Development
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Publisher : Orbis Books
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9798888660102
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Synopsis Enacting Integral Human Development by : Sedmak, Clemens

"Emphasizes integral human development of the whole person and of each person through a dignity lens"--

Legal Ethics and Human Dignity

Legal Ethics and Human Dignity
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 0511354428
ISBN-13 : 9780511354427
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Legal Ethics and Human Dignity by : David Luban

A wide-ranging collection of essays from a leading scholar of legal ethics.

Human Dignity and Bioethics

Human Dignity and Bioethics
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Publisher : U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions
Total Pages : 588
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105123682846
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Synopsis Human Dignity and Bioethics by :

Contains a collection of essays exploring human dignity and bioethics, a concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular.

Creating Capabilities

Creating Capabilities
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780674252783
ISBN-13 : 0674252780
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Creating Capabilities by : Martha C. Nussbaum

If a country’s Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the world’s billions of individuals are really managing? In this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect. For the past twenty-five years, Nussbaum has been working on an alternate model to assess human development: the Capabilities Approach. She and her colleagues begin with the simplest of questions: What is each person actually able to do and to be? What real opportunities are available to them? The Capabilities Approach to human progress has until now been expounded only in specialized works. Creating Capabilities, however, affords anyone interested in issues of human development a wonderfully lucid account of the structure and practical implications of an alternate model. It demonstrates a path to justice for both humans and nonhumans, weighs its relevance against other philosophical stances, and reveals the value of its universal guidelines even as it acknowledges cultural difference. In our era of unjustifiable inequity, Nussbaum shows how—by attending to the narratives of individuals and grasping the daily impact of policy—we can enable people everywhere to live full and creative lives.

Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions

Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions
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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Total Pages : 383
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ISBN-10 : 9781626161207
ISBN-13 : 1626161208
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions by : Mark P. Lagon

In Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions contributors examine how traditional and emerging institutions are already advancing human dignity, and identify strategies to make human dignity more central to the work of global institutions. They explore traditional state-created entities, hybrid institutions and faith-based organizations.

Dignity

Dignity
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9780190677541
ISBN-13 : 0190677546
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Dignity by : Remy Debes

In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts, the concept of dignity typically signifies something like the fundamental moral status belonging to all humans. Remarkably, however, it is only in the last century that this meaning of the term has become standardized. Before this, dignity was instead a concept associated with social status. Unfortunately, this transformation remains something of a mystery in existing scholarship. Exactly when and why did "dignity" change its meaning? And before this change, was it truly the case that we lacked a conception of human worth akin to the one that "dignity" now represents? In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to answer such questions by clarifying the presently murky history of "dignity," from classical Greek thought through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment to the present day.