The Moral-Political Concept of Development: A Memorandum on Commitments مقاله

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Then I proceed to consider the origins and scope of this concept (paragraph 2) and, by presenting a brief (secondary) note on the subtlety of an argument that shapes a matter whose reflexivity is confirmed, I discuss its various presentations in the record of post-war development research I do (paragraph 3) and finally, I mention what, in my view, are the causal and clear implications for theorizing (paragraph 4). This intellectual movement can be summarized in this way:32 At that time, in the eighteenth century, an inference was gradually developed which can be stated as follows: until then, humans were merely infantile in terms of cognition and knowledge, and consequently in terms of virtue; now, finally, as a result of the evolution of science, they were in a position to determine how human nature transforms and what is the best thing that humans should do; this new understanding was expressed in a form in which all humans were recognized as possessing reason; once humans knew what the best thing for them to do was, they would act accordingly and thus continuously improve their moral, political, and physical condition. These two lines, as uniquely presented here, are the reference points that I use in examining the concept of progress as presented in the discussions regarding development after the Second World War. I do not discuss the complex history of progressive thought throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in a way that involves various groupings presented in various forms by different figures, I do not discuss—Hawthorne provides a historical account of this thought.