Amartya Sen and His Morals of Economics: A Reading in Existential Ethics
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https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.9.2Abstract
The present paper discusses the views of Noble Laureate Amartya Sen with reerence o his book Resourses, Values and Development and in relation to his existential emphasis on moral foundation of policy-making. Sen deviates from traditional welfare econamics. He feels that utilitarianism is sensitive to total benefit of different persons; while maximin or leximin principle cares for the worst-off.
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