Agency and Democracy in Development Ethics

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. Iguíñiz Echeverría; 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.