Introduction to Development Ethics with Jay Drydyk and Nungari Mwangi

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Overview

Given that the essence of moral thought is to address and ameliorate human suffering, and to expand human freedoms, how can we afford not to attend to moral clarity when it comes to international relief and development?

The Center for Values in International Development seeks to apply the insights, analytical frameworks, knowledge, and experience that already exist within the field of international development ethics, to guide relief and development practice.

We begin the series of conversations introducing ethics in development that will start to build an effective bridge between the practitioners’ community and the ethicists’ community, to the mutual benefit of both, and to the significant improvement in the effectiveness of international relief and development. Other topics in this series will explore Climate Justice, Inclusive Development, Empowerment, and Democratic Values.

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Panelist Biographies

Nungari Mwangi received her PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and currently leads the Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture, which is part of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jay Drydyk is a Professor of International Development Ethics at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and he is the past President of the International Development Ethics Association and current President of the Human Development Capability Association.