1-8 January, 1996
Tamil Nadu, South India
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Globalization, Self-determination, and Justice in Development

The International Development Ethics Association (IDEA) invites
you to submit proposals for papers to present at its fourth
International Conference to be held in Tamil Nadu, 1-8 January
1996. IDEA is a cross-cultural network of philosophers, academics
in other disciplines, and development policy-makers and
practitioners who apply ethical reflection to global, national
and local development goals and strategies and to the relations
between rich and poor countries.
The theme of the conference is "Globalization,
self-determination, and justice in development". The conference
will focus on the tensions between current patterns of
globalization, aspirations with respect to national,
intermediate, and local self-determination, and social justice.
Social justice refers not merely to material goods, but also to
the resources of nature, to community supports, to participation
in decision-making, and to a sense of identity.

CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES:
1. Globalization and national self-determination (types of
globalization, their consequences and their ethical evaluation,
the moral significance of state sovereignty, etc.)
2. Concepts of development
3. Globalization, environmental sustainability, and justice
4. Communal identities, social justice, and democracy
5. Development obligations of the global North (e.g., with
respect to aid, trade, capital movements, migration, restraint on
resources use, pollution, etc.)
6. The role of development ethics in power politics (re:
international relations, national political economy, the
responsiveness of the political system to ethical considerations,
etc.)
7. Development experiences (both successes and failures) with
respect to the above themes, particularly in South Asia.


SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE:
For round 1: November 30, 1994, for decision by February 28, 1995
For round 2: March 30, 1995, for decision by May 30, 1995 

PLEASE SEND ABSTRACTS TO 
Prof. Peter Penz
Faculty of Environmental Studies
York University
4700 Keele Street
North York
Ontario, M3J 1P3
Canada
Fax: +1-416-736 5679
E-mail: es050005@orion.yorku.ca