Amartya Sen

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
• Assisted by: Christopher Morris (Editor), Christopher W. Morris (Editor), Christopher W. (University of Maryland Morris (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521618069
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61806-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus; Contemporary Philosophy in Foc; Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics