Amartya Sen
By: edited by Christopher Morris.
Contributors: Morris, Christopher W.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Contemporary philosophy in focus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521852913; 9780521618069
Subjects: Sen, Amartya, -- 1933-; Social sciences -- Philosophy; Economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Christopher W. Morris; title: Introduction / Christopher W. Morris; title: Preference, choice, and rationality : Amartya Sen's critique of the theory of rational choice in economics / Shatakshee Dhongde and  Prasanta K. Pattanaik; title: Ethics and economics / Christopher W. Morris; title: Capability and agency / David Crocker and Ingrid Robeyns; title: Freedom in the spirit of sen / Philip Pettit; title: Social choice theory and the informational basis approach / Kevin Roberts; title: Sen on sufficiency, priority, and equality / Peter Vallentyne; title: Famine, poverty, and property rights / Steven Scalet and David Schmidtz; title: Development : a misconceived theory can kill / Sabina Alkire.