Ethics for Peacebuilders
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This book project came about through reflections on my work as a peacebuilder, and in an effort to come to terms with some of the challenges I encountered supporting peacebuilding work with grassroots and civil society groups and organizations. There were constantly events and questions that invoked moral values for which I was ill-equipped to respond—some of which are further detailed in...
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“I am looking to get my soul back,” the young woman said. She had recently left Afghanistan after a number of years working on peacebuilding and reconstruction work, including some time working as a civilian assisting Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).1 Her story was similar to many others who engage in humanitarian and peacebuilding work—myself...
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In this chapter we explore doable ethics for peacebuilding practitioners. “Doable” refers to ethical deliberation that is tied directly to practice: something we engage in as part of our usual work, rather than an add-on that sounds nice but is unrealistic. To further our thinking about ethics during practice, it is useful to begin with practice. The following story helps ground this...
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Moral values identify things that we consider important, or of worth, which we use to determine (judge) what is right or wrong, good or bad (morality). Anthony Weston defines moral values as those values that speak to our and other’s legitimate needs and expectations (2013, p. 86)—he uses the criteria of legitimate needs and expectations as setting the standard by which we judge what...
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“We need to talk about the real issues,” said a colleague who worked in Kosovo in 2000. He wondered aloud what should have been done when colleagues were out in the mountains in 1999, helping to pick up fleeing civilians, and young men who had clearly been fighters shortly before getting onto the aid trucks. The young men appeared to be looking for a temporary respite from the...
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Reina Neufeldt is an ~assistant professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo. Previously she was an assistant professor at the School of International Service, American University, and a visiting research fellow at the Kroc Institute for...
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