Thomas R Wells
Biographic Data
| ID | 200691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas R Wells |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas R |
| FAMILY NAME | Wells |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS T R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6584-9388 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Extending moral criticism beyond the Global North
The Journal of Global Ethics after Twenty Years
Trade Justice and the Least‐Developed Countries
In this article, we argue that least-developed countries (LDCs) should be treated as a distinct group from developing countries within theories of international justice generally, and theories of trade justice more specifically. While authors within the trade justice literature occasionally make passing reference to LDCs’ entitlement to special favourable treatment from other states, they say little about what form this treatment should take, and…
In Adam Smith’s Own Words: The Role of Virtues in the Relationship Between Free Market Economies and Societal Flourishing, A Semantic Network Data-Mining Approach
Among business ethicists, Adam Smith is widely viewed as the defender of an amoral if not anti-moral economics in which individuals’ pursuit of their private self-interest is converted by an ‘invisible hand’ into shared economic prosperity. This is often justified by reference to a select few quotations from The Wealth of Nations . We use new empirical methods to investigate what Smith actually had to say, firstly about the relationship between f…
Transformation Without Paternalism
Human development is meant to be transformational in that it aims to improve people's lives by enhancing their capabilities. But who does it target: people as they are or the people they will become? This paper argues that the human development approach relies on an understanding of personal identity as dynamic rather than as static collections of preferences, and that this distinguishes human development from conventional approaches to developme…
Transformation Without Paternalism
Human development is meant to be transformational in that it aims to improve people's lives by enhancing their capabilities. But who does it target: people as they are or the people they will become? This paper argues that the human development approach relies on an understanding of personal identity as dynamic rather than as static collections of preferences, and that this distinguishes human development from conventional approaches to developme…
Trade Justice and the Least‐Developed Countries
In this article, we argue that least-developed countries (LDCs) should be treated as a distinct group from developing countries within theories of international justice generally, and theories of trade justice more specifically. While authors within the trade justice literature occasionally make passing reference to LDCs’ entitlement to special favourable treatment from other states, they say little about what form this treatment should take, and…
Extending moral criticism beyond the Global North
Transformation Without Paternalism
Human development is meant to be transformational in that it aims to improve people's lives by enhancing their capabilities. But who does it target: people as they are or the people they will become? This paper argues that the human development approach relies on an understanding of personal identity as dynamic rather than as static collections of preferences, and that this distinguishes human development from conventional approaches to developme…
In Adam Smith’s Own Words: The Role of Virtues in the Relationship Between Free Market Economies and Societal Flourishing, A Semantic Network Data-Mining Approach
Among business ethicists, Adam Smith is widely viewed as the defender of an amoral if not anti-moral economics in which individuals’ pursuit of their private self-interest is converted by an ‘invisible hand’ into shared economic prosperity. This is often justified by reference to a select few quotations from The Wealth of Nations . We use new empirical methods to investigate what Smith actually had to say, firstly about the relationship between f…
Trade Justice and the Least‐Developed Countries
In this article, we argue that least-developed countries (LDCs) should be treated as a distinct group from developing countries within theories of international justice generally, and theories of trade justice more specifically. While authors within the trade justice literature occasionally make passing reference to LDCs’ entitlement to special favourable treatment from other states, they say little about what form this treatment should take, and…
The Journal of Global Ethics after Twenty Years
Extending moral criticism beyond the Global North
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)