Responsibility in an Interconnected World

Examines the interplay between different types of moral obligation within the complicated, contemporary circumstances of international assistance
Uses case studies focusing on some of the most complex and troubled regions of the world to links theory to practice

Develops a practical framework to guide actions and evaluate outcomes in complex and uncertain circumstances

Autorentext
Susan Murphy is the Assistant Professor in International Development Practice with the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin and programme coordinator for the joint TCD UCD Masters in Development Practice (MDP). Susan lectures on Gender, Social Inclusion, Climate Justice, human rights and Development. Her research interests are in applied normative international political theory, issues in global justice and development, human rights and climate change, gender and social inclusion. Since completing her PhD in the School of Politics and International Relations UCD in 2012, she has published in national and international peer-review journals on matters related to international development and normative political theory including Irish Studies in International Affairs, The Economic and Social Review, The Journal of Global Justice: Theory, Practice, and Rhetoric, and the Journal of Global Ethics. She is currently leading baseline research projects on gender and education, and the gendered dimensions of climate change in East Africa. Susan is also a member of the steering committee of the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), School of Natural Sciences Research Ethics Committee, and INTEGER Natural Sciences Committee. External roles include non-executive Director - Oxfam Ireland Council; committee member of Future Earth Ireland; Visiting lecturer to the School of Politics and International Relations UCD; and Visiting fellow with REPOA, Policy Research for Development, Tanzania.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Chapter One: The assistance industry - crisis and change.- Chapter Two: Contemporary ethical approaches to the practice of assistance and foundational accounts of moral duty.- Chapter Three: Contemporary philosophical faces of deontology and consequentialism - John Rawls and Peter Singer.- Chapter Four: The 'terrible beauty' of imperfect duties - Onora O'Neill and Amartya Sen on the duty of assistance.- Chapter Five: Adjudicating between O'Neill and Sen on assistance.- Chapter Six: Defending an interconnected ethical account of assistance.- Chapter Seven: Implications for Practice and Policy.