{"id":1154,"date":"2010-03-04T09:33:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/?page_id=1154"},"modified":"2010-03-04T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T17:37:56","slug":"the-merida-declaration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/norms\/eiesl-code-of-conduct\/the-merida-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"The M\u00e9rida Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">From the website of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.development-ethics.org\/merida_declaration\" target=\"_blank\">International Development Ethics Association<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1159\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/files\/2010\/03\/MexicanFlag-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"MexicanFlag\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/files\/2010\/03\/MexicanFlag-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/files\/2010\/03\/MexicanFlag.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">July 7, 1989, M\u00e9rida, Yucatan, Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We, the undersigned participants in the Second International Conference on Ethics and Development, make the following declaration upon finishing our deliberations. In the face of the profound inadequacies of modernization development strategies, WE PROPOSE:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. To transform the search for and study of an alternative for social transformation, supported by at least the following ethical principles:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The absolute respect for the      dignity of the human person, regardless of gender, ethnic group, social      class, religion, age or nationality.<\/li>\n<li>The necessity of peace based on      a practice of justice that gives to the great majorities access to goods      and eliminates the conditions of their misery.<\/li>\n<li>The affirmation of freedom,      understood as self-determination, self-management, and participation of      peoples in local, national and international decision processes.<\/li>\n<li>The recognition of a new      relation of human beings with nature, facilitating responsible use,      respectful of biological cycles and the equilibrium of      ecosystems&#8211;especially those of tropical forests&#8211;and in solidarity with      future generations.<\/li>\n<li>The stimulus to construct a      rationality suited to exploited peoples, one that accords with their      cultural traditions, their thought, their interests, and their needs and      that involves a new valuing of self-esteem based on their being subjects      rather than objects of development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. To strengthen IDEA&#8217;s efforts to maintain an international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary dialogue that brings together intellectuals, grassroots \u00a0organizations, and decision-making groups with the purpose of constructing an ethic applicable to different &#8220;development&#8221; alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the website of the International Development Ethics Association July 7, 1989, M\u00e9rida, Yucatan, Mexico We, the undersigned participants in the Second International Conference on Ethics and Development, make the following declaration upon finishing our deliberations. In the face of the profound inadequacies of modernization development strategies, WE PROPOSE: 1. 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