DEVELOPMENT ETHICS

This module seeks to provide a synoptic overview of the contemporary moral challenge of development and its interpretation from an ethical point of view. It asks and tries to answer the following questions: What should the right goal of development be? What means are acceptable and unacceptable for development? What is ethically/morally responsible for beneficial development? What are the obligations of rich societies to poor ones? How should the burdens and benefits of development be distributed? At the end of this module, a student will be able to answer the above questions and at the same time apply ethical analysis to the development debate and practice.