Amartya Sen / [manuscript] /
edited by Christopher Morris.
- 1st ed.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.
- ix, 224 p. ; 23 cm.
- Contemporary philosophy in focus .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
Preface / Christopher W. Morris -- Introduction / Christopher W. Morris -- Preference, choice, and rationality : Amartya Sen's critique of the theory of rational choice in economics / Shatakshee Dhongde and Prasanta K. Pattanaik -- Ethics and economics / Christopher W. Morris -- Capability and agency / David Crocker and Ingrid Robeyns -- Freedom in the spirit of sen / Philip Pettit -- Social choice theory and the informational basis approach / Kevin Roberts -- Sen on sufficiency, priority, and equality / Peter Vallentyne -- Famine, poverty, and property rights / Steven Scalet and David Schmidtz -- Development : a misconceived theory can kill / Sabina Alkire.