A Swarm of Injustice: A Sociopolitical Framework for Global Justice in the Management of the Desert Locust
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background: Entomology, Society, and Politics
2.1. Locusts and Humans
2.1.1. Locust Biology
2.1.2. Locust Management
2.2. The Desert Locust in a Sociopolitical Context
2.2.1. Need for New Approaches
2.2.2. Distinctive Features of Locust Plagues
3. Locust Swarms as a Question of Global Justice
3.1. Locusts and Justice
3.1.1. The Limits of Individualistic Ethical Theories
3.1.2. Injustice: Beyond Bad Luck
3.1.3. The Challenge of Global Justice
4. Moral Agents in Locust Management
4.1. Who Is Responsible?
4.2. Contemporary Models
4.2.1. Capacity-and-Capability Model
4.2.2. Social Connection Model
4.3. Inventory of Moral Agents in Desert Locust Management
4.3.1. Multinational Agents
4.3.2. National Agents
4.3.3. Nonstate Agents
5. Distribution of Responsibilities
5.1. Four Standards of Global Justice
5.1.1. Causal Responsibility
5.1.2. Moral Responsibility
5.1.3. Capacity to Act
5.1.4. Communal Responsibility
5.2. Resolving the Standards
5.2.1. Particularism
5.2.2. Master Principle
5.2.3. Integration
5.2.4. Connectivity
6. Applications to Locust-Management Scenarios
6.1. Scenario 1: A Desert Locust Plague (Reactive Programs)
6.1.1. Scenario
6.1.2. Analysis
6.2. Scenario 2: Desert Locust Recession (Preventive Programs)
6.2.1. Scenario
6.2.2. Analysis
6.3. Summary
7. Conclusions
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Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lockwood JA, Sardo MC. A Swarm of Injustice: A Sociopolitical Framework for Global Justice in the Management of the Desert Locust. Agronomy. 2021; 11(2):386. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020386
Chicago/Turabian StyleLockwood, Jeffrey A., and Michael Christopher Sardo. 2021. "A Swarm of Injustice: A Sociopolitical Framework for Global Justice in the Management of the Desert Locust" Agronomy 11, no. 2: 386. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020386