David A. Crocker (born 4 October 1937),[1] is Research Professor in the School of Public Policy, at the
University of Maryland,[2] he is also the founder and former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA).[3] His work[4] has been cited by the
United Nations Human Development Report.[5]
Education
David Crocker gained his bachelor's degree in psychology from
DePauw University,
Greencastle, Indiana, in 1959. He also has three degrees from
Yale University (
M.Div in Philosophy of Religion 1963,
MA in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1965, and a
Ph.D in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1970).[2]
Crocker was one of a number of leading philosophers who, at the 1998 World Congress of Philosophy, were interviewed by
Michael Malone for the television series, A parliament of minds: philosophy for a new millennium.[8][9]
Bibliography
Films
Michael S. Malone (host) Michael Tobias (dir) (1999). A parliament of minds: philosophy for a new millennium (Democracy, ethics and the relevance of philosophy / David Crocker) (TV Mini-Series documentary / VHS video). produced for PBS by KTEH/San Jose Public Television and JMT Productions in association with the Wisdom Channel.
OCLC48127065.
Books
Crocker, David (2008). Ethics of global development: agency, capability, and deliberative democracy. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN9780521885195.
Chapters in books
Crocker, David A (1995), "Functioning and capability: the foundations of Sen's and Nussbaum's development ethic", in
Nussbaum, Martha;
Glover, Jonathan (eds.), Women, culture, and development: a study of human capabilities, Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, pp. 153–199,
ISBN9780198289647
Crocker, David;
Robeyns, Ingrid (2009), "Well-being and agency", in Morris, Christopher W (ed.), The philosophy of Amartya Sen, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 86–90,
ISBN9780521618069
Journal articles
Crocker, David A (May 1991). "Toward development ethics". World Development. 19 (5): 457–483.
doi:
10.1016/0305-750X(91)90188-N.
Crocker, David A (November 1992). "Functioning and capability: the foundations of Sen's and Nussbaum's development ethic". Political Theory. 20 (4): 584–612.
doi:
10.1177/0090591792020004003.
S2CID145009947.
Crocker, David A (2007). "Deliberative participation in local development". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 8 (3): 431–455.
doi:
10.1080/14649880701462379.
S2CID153677857.
^"Crocker, David A." Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 July 2014. found: Ethics of consumption, 1997: CIP t.p. (David A. Crocker) data sheet (b. 10-04-37)
^"About: History of IDEA". Wordpress. IDEA: International Development Ethics Association. 2012-01-21. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^Crocker, David A (2007). "Deliberative participation in local development". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 8 (3): 431–455.
doi:
10.1080/14649880701462379.
S2CID153677857.
^United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, ed. (2010). "Chapter 1. Reaffirming human development | The original statement". Human Development Report 2010 | 20th anniversary edition | the real wealth of nations: pathways to human development. New York, NY: United Nations Development Programme. p. 13.
ISBN9780230284456.
Pdf version.
^Morris, Christopher (2009), "Contributors", in Morris, Christopher (ed.), Amartya Sen, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. xi,
ISBN9780521618069
^"HDCA fellows". Human Development and Capability Association. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^Michael S. Malone (host) Michael Tobias (dir) (1999). A parliament of minds: philosophy for a new millennium (Democracy, ethics and the relevance of philosophy / David Crocker) (TV Mini-Series documentary / VHS video). produced for PBS by KTEH/San Jose Public Television and JMT Productions in association with the Wisdom Channel.
OCLC48127065.