Gotoh / Dumouchel Against Injustice

The New Economics of Amartya Sen
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-511-65451-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Traditional theories of justice as formulated by political philosophers, jurists, and economists have all tended to see injustice as simply a breach of justice, a breakdown of the normal order. Amartya Sen's work acts as a corrective to this tradition by arguing that we can recognise patent injustices, and come to a reasoned agreement about the need to remedy them, without reference to an explicit theory of justice. Against Injustice brings together distinguished academics from a variety of different fields - including economics, law, philosophy, and anthropology - to explore the ideas underlying Sen's critique of traditional approaches to injustice. The centerpiece of the book is the first chapter by Sen in which he outlines his conception of the relationship between economics, ethics, and law. The rest of the book addresses a variety of theoretical and empirical issues that relate to this conception, concluding with a response from Sen to his critics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gotoh, Reiko

Dumouchel, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Reiko Gotoh and Paul Dumouchel; Part I: 1. Economics, law and ethics Amartya Sen; 2. Neorepublicanism and Sen's economic, legal and ethical desiderata Philip Pettit; 3. The Prajâpati test: response to Amartya Sen Marcel Hénaff; Part II: 4. The power of a democratic public Philip Pettit; 5. The challenge of gender justice Martha C. Nussbaum; 6. Gift, market, and social justice Marcel Hénaff; 7. Justice and public reciprocity Reiko Gotoh; 8. Reasoning with preferences? John Broome; 9. Conceptions of individual rights and freedom in welfare economics: a re-examination Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Yongsheng Xu; Part III: 10. On synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom Andrea Brandolini; 11. Assessing children's capabilities: operationalising metrics for evaluating music programs to poor children in Brazilian primary schools Flavio Comim; 12. The search for socially sustainable development Jean-Luc Dubois; Part IV: 13. Response Amartya Sen; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dumouchel, Paul
Paul Dumouchel is Full Professor in the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

Gotoh, Reiko
Reiko Gotoh is Full Professor in the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, Japan.