Biography:David Crocker

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David A. Crocker
Born (1937-10-04) 4 October 1937 (age 86)
NationalityUnited States
InstitutionUniversity of Maryland
FieldDevelopment ethics
Alma materYale University

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]

Academic career

Media

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. OCLC 48127065.

Books

  • Crocker, David (2008). Ethics of global development: agency, capability, and deliberative democracy. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521885195. 

Chapters in books

  • Crocker, David A (1995), "Functioning and capability: the foundations of Sen's and Nussbaum's development ethic", Women, culture, and development: a study of human capabilities, Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, pp. 153–199, ISBN 9780198289647 
  • Crocker, David; Robeyns, Ingrid (2009), "Well-being and agency", in Morris, Christopher W, The philosophy of Amartya Sen, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 86–90, ISBN 9780521618069 

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. 
  • Crocker, David A (2007). "Deliberative participation in local development". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 8 (3): 431–455. doi:10.1080/14649880701462379. 

Further reading

  • Tobias, Michael; Rothenberg, David; Fitzgerald, J. Patrick (2000). A parliament of minds philosophy for a new millennium. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780791444849. 

References

  1. "Crocker, David A.". Library of Congress. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82011556.html. "found: Ethics of consumption, 1997: CIP t.p. (David A. Crocker) data sheet (b. 10-04-37)" 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "David Crocker, vitae". Ethics of empowerment. May 2007. http://www.ethicsofempowerment.org/vitae/Crocker.pdf. 
  3. "About: History of IDEA". IDEA: International Development Ethics Association. 2012-01-21. http://developmentethics.org/about-2/. 
  4. Crocker, David A (2007). "Deliberative participation in local development". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 8 (3): 431–455. doi:10.1080/14649880701462379. 
  5. 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. ISBN 9780230284456.  Pdf version.
  6. Morris, Christopher (2009), "Contributors", in Morris, Christopher, Amartya Sen, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. xi, ISBN 9780521618069 
  7. "HDCA fellows". Human Development and Capability Association. https://hd-ca.org/about/hdca-fellows. 
  8. 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. OCLC 48127065.
  9. "A Parliament of Minds: 109. David Crocker - Democracy, Ethics and the Relevancy of Philosophy". San Francisco State University / Academic Technology. http://at.sfsu.edu/md5/aparliamentofminds109davidcrockerdemocracyethicsandtherelevancyofphilosophy10970. 

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