{"id":66,"date":"2010-03-09T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:08:23","slug":"drydyk-jay","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/people\/drydyk-jay\/","title":{"rendered":"Drydyk, Jay"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"professor\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email for appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jay Drydyk<\/strong> is interested in many questions of social and political philosophy but has focused on economic and social development (local and global) from a standpoint of public reason. With co-editor Lori Keleher he mobilized 40+ colleagues worldwide to produce the Routledge <em>Handbook of Development Ethics <\/em>in 2019. His analysis of empowerment and other values of development ethics resulted from two projects on development-induced displacement, in which he worked with colleagues in India to study ethical risks that arise when development displaces people and their communities. The results were published in <em>Displacement by Development: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities<\/em> (Cambridge 2011), co-authored with Peter Penz and Pablo S. Bose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has also co-edited <em>Human Rights: India and the West <\/em>(with Ashwani Peetush, Oxford 2015) and <em>Theorizing Justice: Critical Insights and Future Directions<\/em> (with Krushil Watene, Rowman Littlefield 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His current work addresses what can be known about social and global justice without resorting to ideal theory. One highlight of this work is a highly egalitarian idea of capability sufficiency as a goal for social and global justice. Another is a capability approach to oppression. He is past President of the International Development Ethics Association and current President of the Human Development and Capability Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Development ethics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The capability approach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global ethics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public reason<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Displacement by Development: Ethics and Responsibilities<\/em>, with Peter Penz and Pablo Bose. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books Edited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Resettlement with People First: Counterfactual Pathways<\/em>, co-edited with Susanna Price. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, Forthcoming in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics<\/em>, co-edited with Lori Keleher. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Theorizing Justice: Critical Insights and Future Directions, <\/em>co-edited with Krushil Watene. London and New York: Rowman Littlefield International, July 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Human Rights: India and the West, <\/em>co-edited with Ashwani Peetush. New Delhi: Oxford University Press (India), May 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Global Justice, Global Democracy; Prospects for a New Internationalism, <\/em>co-edited with Peter Penz.&nbsp; Winnipeg and Halifax:&nbsp; Society for Socialist Studies and Fernwood Publishing, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>\nOther Significant Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Susanna Price. Introduction. In Resettlement with People First: Counterfactual Pathways, ed. Susanna Price and Jay Drydyk, pp. xx-yy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Development Ethics. In Elgar Encylopedia of Development, ed. Matthew Clarke, 3692 words. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, in press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Diana Velasco and Kerry O\u2019Neill. &#8220;Empowerment and Poverty.&#8221; In <em>The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty<\/em>, ed. Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak.9399 words, in press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Lori Keleher. &#8220;Development Ethics in Policy and Practice.&#8221; In <em>Handbook of Development Policy<\/em>, ed. Habib Zafarullah &amp; Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, pp. 126-36. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capability and Oppression, <em>Journal of Human Development and Capabilities<\/em>, 22\/4 (2021): 527-550. <a href=\"http:\/\/url310.tandfonline.com\/ls\/click?upn=odl8Fji2pFaByYDqV3bjGMQo8st9of2228V6AcSFNq3t86qU90pAx-2BEad4OTI0D6JKCEDqJS4wj4cyiKo68p9RYmCx53SWVtydozsVUGfJc-3DUtkY_0jyP5dVefNV2-2F2vaXr90HEGfevUCqPjRTIbiKrP23V3acBYNaKyV2HzxIcljzK-2FkjePpNg0nEGDLrG8LBzTMp6Np4Riv-2F33Z-2BWBBWTsAPC-2BHznppIs6X1BK06o3Wj0l7DjX9-2F1HVnOGneoEtuclUNlLPQ-2F4Lrx28HOT6PwzwYBK7eB1ISYdVkLsjIfWxWav6SG3mbEp6VX335AxJ4FUxUd69nnX8WSjTVN8XiVtCuxIQ-2FKdNB0rWcmFoHGhgxWcDGF9t3kZ5IrmKt0QZHp9P151A3JUeYqhkSRS1-2B88IebA-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capabilities, Public Reason, and Democratic Deliberation. In <em>The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach, <\/em>ed. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Siddiqur Osmani, and Mozaffar Qizilbash, pp. 662-678. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accountability in Development: From Aid Effectiveness to Development Ethics. <em>Journal of Global Ethics<\/em> 15\/2 (2019): 138\u201354.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Multidimensionality of Empowerment: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations (with Alejandra Boni Aristiz\u00e1bal and Aurora L\u00f3pez Fogu\u00e9s, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, and Melanie Walker). In <em>Agency and Democracy in Development Ethics<\/em>, edited by Lori W. Keleher and Stacy J. Kosko, 205-227. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice as a Virtue: What Can We Expect of Our Allies? In <em>Theorizing Justice: Critical Insights and Future Directions, <\/em>co-edited with Krushil Watene, 95-114. London and New York: Rowman Littlefield International, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethics in Development. In <em>Handbook of International Development, <\/em>ed. Dan Hammett and Jean Grugel, 55-76. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Concepts of Overlapping Consensus. In <em>Human Rights: India and the West, <\/em>co-edited with Ashwani Peetush. New Delhi: Oxford University Press (India), May 2015, 76-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foundational Issues: How Must Global Ethics be Global? <em>Journal of Global Ethics <\/em>10\/1 (April 2014): 1-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empowerment, Agency, and Power. Journal of Global Ethics 9\/3 (December 2013): 249-262.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethics and the \u2018Climate Migrants\u2019. <em>Ethics, Policy, and Environment<\/em> 16\/1 (Spring 2013): forthcoming, 13 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Capability Approach to Justice as a Virtue. <em>Ethical Theory and Moral Practice<\/em> 15\/1 (January 2012): 23-38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible Pluralism, Capabilities, and Human Rights. <em>Journal of Human Development<\/em>, Special Issue on Human Rights, 12\/1 (February 2011): 39-61.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParticipation, Empowerment, and Democracy: Three Fickle Friends,\u201d in <em>New Directions in Development Ethics: Essays in Honor of Denis Goulet<\/em>, (Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), 333-356.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Supervisions since 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Philosophy MA Research Essays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikan Omidi Langroudi, <em>Constituent Accountability: Legitimizing Participatory Development Efforts<\/em>, May 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Randall Barnes, <em>Exploited Workers in Developing Countries and Fairness in International Trade and Labour<\/em>, September 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vikram Panchmatia. <em>The Neo-stoic Empath and the Capabilities Approach<\/em>. April, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Philosophy M.A. Theses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.A. Thesis Josephine Nielsen, <em>Broadening Multicultural Theory: Addressing Horizontal Inequalities and the Need for Group Mobilization<\/em>, August 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Ramezani, <em>Aging with Dignity<\/em>, September 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamid Andishan, <em>Dignity of the Other: A Minimal and Common Perspective toward Equal<\/em> <em>Respect<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>May, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Beriault. <em>A Participationist Approach to Philosophical Anarchism. <\/em>September, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Ferri. <em>Overlapping Consensus, Public Reason, and the Possibility <\/em>o<em>f Exclusion.<\/em> September, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shoshana Arielle Stirling. <em>Political Cosmopolitanism: A Humanized and Socialized Account of Global Citizenship in Action<\/em>. April, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Pierlot.&nbsp;<em>Marx in the Colonies: The Case of India<\/em>, April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ethics &amp; Public Affairs PhD Theses&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joanne Clifford, <em>Accountability, Empowerment, and the Ethics of Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations, <\/em>2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon Courtney, <em>Priorities for Canadian Development Assistance,&nbsp;<\/em>2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophia Sideris, <em>International Responsibilities for Climate Migrants<\/em>, (in progress)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7674,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Jay","cu_people_last_name":"Drydyk","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[24],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-66","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-professor-emeritus"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Social and political philosophy; International development ethics; Kant, Hegel, Marx, Sen, Nussbaum","cu_people_degree":"B.A. (Chicago), M.A. (Notre Dame), Ph.D. (Toronto)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"jay.drydyk@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11800,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/66\/revisions\/11800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}