Chapter 30

Question 1

dispossession

Answer 1

alienation of people from their land, resources, livelihoods and human rights

Question 2

alternatives

Answer 2

new ways of thinking and doing

Question 3

utilitarianism

Answer 3

determines right from wrong by focusing on outcomes

Question 4

social contract theory

Answer 4

view of ethical reasoning that asks what participants would freely agree as being just for all

Question 5

due diligence

Answer 5

the idea that corporations must make a reasonable effort to ensure that they respect human rights and repair failings

Question 6

human rights principles

Answer 6

The norms concerning the processes for interpreting, applying, and implementing
the human rights standards, including principles of participation and inclusion,
equity and non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, and rule of law.

Question 7

human rights standards

Answer 7

The norms stated in the international human rights conventions about outcomes
to which every human has a right—for example, sufficient clean water. They
concern outcomes and are specified further in terms of necessary availability
(quantity), accessibility, and quality (including acceptability).

Question 8

human development discourse

Answer 8

approach to development ethics that avoids being loaded down by ideological and religious assumptions by focusing on facilitating access to values that people have reason to value

Question 9

human security discourse

Answer 9

an approach to conceptualizing development ethics that focuses on threats to the fulfillment of peoples priority needs