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Water Conversations with Jay Drydyk of the Department of Philosophy: Human displacement and resettlement from dam construction
October 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
| Location: | 3444 Mackenzie |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Banu Ormeci |
| Contact Email: | banuormeci@cunet.carleton.ca |
| Contact Phone: | (613)520-2600 x4144 |
Dams, displacement & development ethics
Large dams almost inevitably displace communities and force them to resettle elsewhere. Forced resettlement can be enormously harmful; one commentator has compared its impacts with natural disasters. This raises the question: what are people entitled to, when they are displaced by development projects such as large dams? Development ethics makes two contributions towards answering this question. First, it identifies several values that distinguish good development from bad development. Second, it identifies four specific moral entitlements that should be protected for the ‘oustees’.