PLCY 783 Mind Map

PLCY 783 Mind Map

1. Moral Frameworks

   • Consequentialism
     • Utilitarian
       • Cost-benefit: maximize happiness for the most people
         • Some people are traded off
       • Complex calculus
         • underlying assumption that we can calculate the best outcome, but do we have the capacity/energy/knowledge?
   • Deontological
     • Kantianism
     • Human Rights
     • Capability Approach
       • Amartya Sen
     • Capabilities Approach
       • Martha Nussbaum
         • Creating Capabilities
   • Consensus Agreements
     • Theory of Justice
       • John Rawls
       • Veil of Ignorance/Original Position
         • Thought experiment
         • How would we order a just/equal/fair society?
           • -Unaware of status/advantage -Presumably leads to a political/cultural consensus unrelated to status/previous values
       • Justice as Fairness
         • Justice as equality
           • -Def.: everyone treated as equal -Fundamental principle of human dignity -Freedom + Equality = Justice -Goal: get everyone to a threshold
         • Distribution
           • Greatest benefits go to the least advantaged first
       • Reality: exploiting advantages & pushing others further behind
     • Social Contract
       • Jean-Jacques Rosseau
     • Coherent cultural set of values that people identify with, bridging divides
   • Feminist Ethics/Ethics of Care
     • Carol Gilligan
   • Environmental Ethics
   • Virtue Ethics
     • Aristotle

2. Key People

   • Samuel Huntington
     • "Foreign Aid: For What and For Whom"
   • Jeffrey Sachs
     • "The Case for Aid"
   • Peter SInger
     • "Famine, Affluence, and Morality"
   • Mathieu Ricard
   • Steven Radelet
     • The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World
   • David Hulme
     • Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?
   • Richard Rorty
   • Henry Schue

3. Legend

   • Category
     • Concept
       • Definition/Principles
         • Detail(s)
       • Person
         • Work
       • Challenges