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Par-delà le transcendantal et le comparatif. Deux arguments

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  • Ragip Ege
  • Herrade Igersheim
  • Charlotte Le Chapelain

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This paper develops two arguments which question the validity of this distinction between the transcendental and the comparative approaches proposed by Sen in his last book, The Idea of Justice [2009]. Our first argument discusses Sen?s use of the concept of impartial spectator developed by Smith, while our second argument applies to the concept of capability and the subsequent polemic between Sen and Nussbaum. We show that several elements Sen considers as related to the transcendental approach are necessary for an accurate understanding of both concepts. This weakens Sen?s assertion according to which the latter belong exclusively to the comparative tradition. Therefore, this weakens the distinction itself.

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  • Ragip Ege & Herrade Igersheim & Charlotte Le Chapelain, 2012. "Par-delà le transcendantal et le comparatif. Deux arguments," Revue française d'économie, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(4), pages 185-212.
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    1. Antoinette Baujard & Muriel Gilardone, 2016. "Positional views as the cornerstone of Sen’s idea of justice," Post-Print halshs-01366695, HAL.
    2. Antoinette BAUJARD & Muriel GILARDONE, 2020. "Reconciling agency and impartiality: positional views as the cornerstone of Sen’s idea of justice," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS 2020-03-ccr, Condorcet Center for political Economy.
    3. Laurie Bréban & Muriel Gilardone, 2019. "A missing touch of Adam Smith in Amartya Sen’s account of Public Reasoning: the Man Within for the Man Without," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS 2019-01-ccr, Condorcet Center for political Economy.

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