ISBN:
9780415596985
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (192 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Series Statement:
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser v.175
Parallel Title:
Print version Freedom, Responsibility and Economics of the Person
DDC:
303.44091724
Keywords:
Economics -- Sociological aspects..
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Liberty -- Economic aspects..
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Responsibility -- Economic aspects..
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Phenomenology -- Economic aspects..
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Economic development -- Social aspects
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Economics -- Philosophy..
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Economic development ; Social aspects
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Economics ; Philosophy
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Economics ; Sociological aspects
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Liberty ; Economic aspects
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Phenomenology ; Economic aspects
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Responsibility ; Economic aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The capability approach has developed significantly since Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. It is now recognised as being highly beneficial in the analysis of poverty and inequality, but also in the redefinition of policies aimed at improving the well-being of individuals.The approach has been applied within numerous sectors, from health and education to sustainable development, but beyond the obvious interest that it represents for the classical economics tradition, it has also encountered certain limitations. While acknowledging the undeniable progress t
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Freedom, Responsibility and Economics of the Person; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Freedom and the capability approach; 2.1 Freedom in liberal egalitarianism; 2.2 The capability approach; 2.3 From freedom as a value to freedom as a norm; 2.4 Reconsidering freedom; 3 Freedom and responsibility; 3.1 The agent's freedom; 3.2 From freedom to responsibility; 3.3 Responsibility reconsidered; 3.4 Another conception of responsibility; 4 The person and responsibility; 4.1 The question of the person; 4.2 Personalism
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 The person beyond personalism4.4 Action and responsibility; 5 Methodology of person-centred economics; 5.1 Individualism and ethics; 5.2 Individualism and contextualism; 5.3 Responsibility, reasonableness, rationality; 6 Illustrations of the economics of the person; 6.1 Mutual assistance and responsibilities; 6.2 Time allocation and practical identities; 6.3 Obtaining credit where there are no credit institutions; 6.4 Economic analysis and responsibilities; 7 Vulnerability, identity and responsibility; 7.1 Vulnerability and probabilities; 7.2 Capabilities and vulnerability
Description / Table of Contents:
7.3 Vulnerability and responsibility7.4 What the economies of the concentration camps have to teach us; 8 Fallibility and fragility; 8.1 Freedom as power over another and identity; 8.2 Situationism and responsibility; 8.3 Fallibility, disproportion, fragility; 9 From the economics of the person to the responsibilities of institutions and the social precautionary principle; 9.1 Looking back at the tragedy of Rwanda; 9.2 Considering suffering and economic crimes; 9.3 Recognising the responsibilities; 9.4 For a social precautionary principle; Notes; References; Index
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