Amartya Sen

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Morris is professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland! College Park. He is author of An Essay on the Modern State and co-editor! with Arthur Ripstein! of Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier. Klappentext A volume of essays on aspects of Amartya Sen's hugely influential and multi-disciplinary work. Zusammenfassung Amartya Sen is an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. This volume of essays on aspects of Sen's work is aimed at a broad audience of readers interested in social theory! political philosophy! ethics! public policy! welfare economics! the theory of rational choice! poverty! and development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Christopher W. Morris; 1. Preference, choice, and rationality: Amartya Sen's critique of the theory of rational choice in economics Shatakshe Dhongde and Prasanta K. Pattanaik; 2. Ethics and economics Christopher W. Morris; 3. Capability and agency David Crocker and Ingrid Robeyns; 4. Freedom in the spirit of Sen Philip Pettit; 5. Social choice theory and the informational basis approach Kevin Roberts; 6. Sen on sufficiency, priority, and equality Peter Vallentyne; 7. Famine, poverty, and property rights Steven Scalet and David Schmidtz; 8. Development: a misconceived theory can kill Sabina Alkire.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher W. Morris, Christopher W. (University of Maryland Morris
• Assisted by: Christopher W. Morris (Editor), Christopher W. (University of Maryland Morris (Editor), Christopher. W. Morris (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521852913
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85291-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Contemporary Philosophy in Foc; Contemporary Philosophy in Foc; Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics