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This volume presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, such as what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility. In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest. Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Social services & welfare, criminology Social welfare & social services

• Full title: Commodities and Capabilities
• Author: Amartya Sen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102
• EAN: 9780195650389
• ISBN: 0195650387
• ID: 04032254
• Publisher: OUP India
• Weight: 114 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 143 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 1999

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