Ethics for Peacebuilders
A Practical Guide- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2016
Summary
This book provides guidance for structuring ethical reflection as well as analytical tools to get to the heart of issues quickly. It is designed to help practitioners engage ethically in applied peacebuilding and conflict transformation and to help students aspiring to be peacebuilders think about ethics. It discusses ethics and morality, significant barriers to ethical deliberations in applied work, moral theories, creative problem-solving for situations when moral values conflict, and the need for healthy ethical organizations. Throughout, concrete examples, scenarios, and discussion questions help draw out key issues to improve peacebuilding practices. Detailed case studies include peacebuilding initiatives in East Timor, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and more.
Written by an experienced practitioner, the book will help identify and analyze ethical problems and resolve moral value conflicts to create healthy practices. It will provide valuable guidance for thinking ethically about peacebuilding work and handling the specific dilemmas related to it.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-6492-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-6493-9
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 172
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Figures, Tables, and Textboxes No access
- Preface No access
- Ch01. Doing Good? No access Pages 1 - 16
- Ch02. “Doable” Ethics in the Field No access Pages 17 - 40
- Ch03. Values, Values Everywhere No access Pages 41 - 68
- Ch04. Thinking Carefully No access Pages 69 - 94
- Ch05. Creative Problem-Solving When Values Conflict No access Pages 95 - 122
- Ch06. Nurturing Ethical Environments No access Pages 123 - 144
- Ch07. Doing Good Well No access Pages 145 - 156
- Bibliography No access Pages 157 - 164
- Index of Terms No access Pages 165 - 170
- About the Author No access Pages 171 - 172





