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The influence of Sen’s applied economics on his non-welfarist approach to justice

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    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This chapter shows that Sen's (2009) non-welfarist approach to justice is greatly influenced by 1) his work on famines; 2) his empirical work on gender inequalities, specifically within the Indian society, that helped him to refine his approach to hunger; and 3) his involvement in the creation of the human development approach. All these engagements — seemingly completely separate from his theoretical work in welfare economics — have, in fact, fostered the formulation of a novel approach in which agency and public reasoning are the core elements.

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  • Muriel Gilardone, 2021. "The influence of Sen’s applied economics on his non-welfarist approach to justice," Post-Print halshs-03690014, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03690014
    DOI: 10.1017/9781108882507
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    Amartya Sen; agency; public action; famines; gender inequalities; human development; perception bias; democracy; public reasoning; non-welfarism;
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