We live in a time of human paradoxes. Scientific knowledge has reached a level of sophistication that permits understanding of the most arcane phenomena and yet religious fundamentalism dominates in many parts of the world. We witness the emergence of a civil, liberal constitutionalism in many regions of the world and yet ethnic violence threatens
Daniel Little is associate professor of philosophy at Colgate University and visiting scholar at the centre for International Affairs, Harvard University.
Introduction -- Welfare, Well-Being, and Needs -- What Is Economic Development? -- Goals and Strategies for Economic Development -- Justice -- Human Rights -- Aid, Trade, and the Global Economy -- Development and the Environment -- Democracy and Development -- Conclusion: Toward a Global Civil Society