Response: Discernment as a Tool for Decision-Making
Kim Buñag
April 13, 2015
Last week saw the fourth and final lecture by senior World Bank officials at Georgetown this semester. Chief Economist Kaushik Basu pursued his earlier reflections on the intellectual challenges that lie ahead for development institutions and practitioners. He focused on forces for change outside purely economic factors, including "mindsets" and law and governance. The challenge put to our bloggers was to reflect on the new elements that need to be taken into account when reflecting on non-economic dimensions of development thinking and practice. They considered how ethical human behavior and a moral culture, in line with the teachings of Catholic social thought, can promote just development.
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In the Series
Response: Equality, Political Maturity, and Global Development
Patrice Ndayisenga
April 13, 2015
Response: Irrationalities and Good Intentions
Lauren DeVeau
April 13, 2015
Response: Just Trade: The Moral Context of Economic Rationality
Drew Christiansen
April 13, 2015
Response: On Changing Social Norms to Deter Corruption
María Eugenia Ibarrarán
April 13, 2015
Response: The Importance of Memory to Global Development
Marcel Uwineza
April 13, 2015
Response: The Irrationality of the Rational
Carlos Osorio Torres
April 13, 2015
Response: The Need for Policy Makers with a Sense of Justice
Gretta Castelino
April 13, 2015
About the Author
Thomas Banchoff
Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and serves as vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University, where he is a professor in the Department of Government and the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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