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Erschienen in: Human Rights Review 1/2011

01.03.2011 | Book Review

Amartya Sen. The Idea of Justice

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2009

verfasst von: Evan Riley

Erschienen in: Human Rights Review | Ausgabe 1/2011

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Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice is clearly voiced yet substantively quite unconvincing.1 This is disappointing, for Sen is a serious thinker, and he has long been making seminal intellectual contributions to political philosophy, particularly on the proper grounds of egalitarian liberalism.2

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Fußnoten
1
See Sen (2009).
 
2
For some, his most important contribution in this arena was his attempt to shift the emphasis away from Rawlsian bundles of primary social goods to human capabilities, understood as alternative combinations of functionings that a person may choose to develop and achieve. See, e.g., Sen (1993). Cf. Sen, The Idea of Justice, 231 and following. For others, it is Sen's argument purporting to formally demonstrate that liberalism may be Pareto-suboptimal. See Sen (1970). Cf. Sen, The Idea of Justice, pp. 309–314.
 
3
See Sen, The Idea of Justice, page ix.
 
4
See Sen, The Idea of Justice, pp. 12–15 and 201.
 
5
See Rawls (1971). The emphasis is added.
 
6
See Sen, The Idea of Justice, page 85.
 
7
See Nozick (1974).
 
8
See Sen, The Idea of Justice, pp. 145–148. See also, as Sen notes, Partfit (1984).
 
9
See for instance Sen, The Idea of Justice, page 148.
 
10
See Sen, The Idea of Justice, page 400.
 
11
See Cohen (2008).
 
Literatur
Zurück zum Zitat Cohen, G. A., Rescuing Justice and Equality, (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008) Cohen, G. A., Rescuing Justice and Equality, (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008)
Zurück zum Zitat Nozick, Robert, Anarchy State and Utopia, (Basic Books, 1974) Nozick, Robert, Anarchy State and Utopia, (Basic Books, 1974)
Zurück zum Zitat Partfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984) Partfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984)
Zurück zum Zitat Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice, (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, Revised Edition, 1999 [1971]), page 119 Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice, (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, Revised Edition, 1999 [1971]), page 119
Zurück zum Zitat Sen, Amartya, “The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal”, Journal of Political Economy, 78 (1970), pp. 152–157CrossRef Sen, Amartya, “The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal”, Journal of Political Economy, 78 (1970), pp. 152–157CrossRef
Zurück zum Zitat Sen, Amartya, “Capability and Wellbeing” in M. Nussbaum and A. Sen eds. The Quality of Life, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. 30–53CrossRef Sen, Amartya, “Capability and Wellbeing” in M. Nussbaum and A. Sen eds. The Quality of Life, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. 30–53CrossRef
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Metadaten
Titel
Amartya Sen. The Idea of Justice
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2009
verfasst von
Evan Riley
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2011
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Human Rights Review / Ausgabe 1/2011
Print ISSN: 1524-8879
Elektronische ISSN: 1874-6306
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-010-0167-6

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