Inequality Reexamined
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Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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book
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economics book → non-fiction book → philosophical work → |
| arguesThat |
freedom to achieve valuable functionings is central to justice
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inequality should be assessed in terms of capabilities → resources alone are insufficient to evaluate equality → well-being cannot be reduced to utility → |
| author |
Amartya Sen
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| countryOfOrigin |
India (author's nationality)
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| critiques |
Rawlsian primary goods as sole metric of justice
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| develops |
Amartya Sen's capability approach
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| emphasizes |
interpersonal variations in converting resources to functionings
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plurality of human values → public reasoning about justice → |
| field |
development studies
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economics → philosophy → |
| focusesOn |
critique of primary goods approach
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critique of utilitarianism → critique of welfarism → |
| genre |
political philosophy
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welfare economics → |
| hasPerspective |
comparative approach to justice
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liberal egalitarianism → |
| influenced |
capability-based policy analysis
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debates on human development → measurement of poverty → theory of social choice → |
| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
capability approach
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distributive justice → equality of what → freedom → inequality → social justice → welfare → |
| notableFor |
critical analysis of traditional welfare economics
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influence on human development and capability literature → systematic exposition of the capability approach to inequality → |
| proposes |
capabilities as space of evaluation
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| relatedWork |
Development as Freedom
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On Economic Inequality → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Development as Freedom
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The Idea of Justice → |
relatedWork |
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Amartya Sen
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notableWork |