Amartya Sen Essays

In recent years, the Capability Approach has emerged as a promising framework for achieving social and political justice. Developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, the Capability Approach emphasizes the importance of promoting individuals' capabilities to pursue their own goals and aspirations, rather than simply focusing on economic growth or the distribution of resources. This approach emphasizes the importance of human dignity and the freedom to live a life that is meaningful and fulfilling

The macro section of Neoclassical Economics theory, in summary, states that the sole purpose of migration pertains to the exceptional imbalance in labor supply, labor demand, which leads to wage differentials in different countries. As a result, workers from low wage countries tend to move to high wage countries, which ultimately leads to the micro section of this theory. Moreover, people act as individuals to make rational choices based on their expectations of the cost and benefits that migrating

Citizenship “Citizenship is a status bestowed on those who care equal with respect to the rights and duties with which the status is endowed” (Marshall 1950). According to a common view, three elements are included in citizenship (Marshall 1950; Kjellbert 2002; Morris 2005; Kjellberg and Hemmingsson 2013). Civil rights is based on the idea that each human being is equal before the law. It comprises personal integrity, freedom of speech, religious liberty, freedom of thought and the right to own property

To a fairly large extent the movie Mao's Last Dancer was an accurate and thoughtful depiction of the propaganda, chaos and turmoil of the Cultural Revolution in China. However, terrible acts of violence and torture that characterized the Cultural Revolution were not as prominent in the film. However; the film still remains a fairly accurate depiction of the time period 1966-1976 as it accurately portrays the propaganda, education, and arts revolution of the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution

higher ability children to investigate topics in greater depth and with increased independence. I believe children should have control over their learning and I have worked with pupils to express their own views. For instance, I produced a film with SEN children to allow them to share their own interests: they dressed up as their favourite character and performed their own scene. This was then followed up with a very moving ‘Oscar’ awards ceremony. I have created flexible, fun but purposeful activities

Approximately 1,000 people die to Khmer Rouge each year even after thirty years. Before the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia had one of the most advanced economies in South Asia. During the Khmer Rouge two to three million people were killed which is almost one fifth of the population of Cambodia. The thinking of the Khmer Rouge during their time of control was to kill all of the educated people of the country (“Poverty”). Cambodia ever since the Khmer Rouge has never been back to its state of peace, with violence

Success cannot be defined, as each individual has his own definition of it. To some it is having economic stability a healthy bank balance; to others it is fulfilling their dreams, having a successful career. But in order to achieve success do we really need a fancy college degree? College is one of the important stepping stone of attaining success. It is a place which provides young minds with knowledge which is very vital for their future. College is no doubt a very significant part of a person’s

Foot Binding has a Discipline Introduction The use of foot binding is a discipline. Discipline comes in many forms but, when it comes to foot binding, the country China values discipline. When it comes to foot binding women, must go through the pain and difficult to having their foot bounded. In order to get married ladies foot, need to be sized down. Once they are married, the children also need to go through the same process. The society thought small feet were beautiful. Foucault used the word

Success is the core of American society, as it drives innovation and motivates people to work harder in order to achieve their goals— but at what cost? The short fiction story, Two Kinds written by Amy Tan exemplifies the consequences of overvaluing success versus relationships. Tan explores the American Dream and its effects on a strained relationship between a Chinese immigrant and her Chinese-American daughter. Cultural indifference creates a constant power struggle between Jing Mei and her mother

Throughout the essay “The Idea of Justice” Amartya Sen argues that people in an argument people should not only use wrath, but they should also use evidence for the sake of effectiveness. He demonstrates his point by referencing Mary Wollstonecraft, a trailblazer in feminism, in her piece “A Vindication of Rights”. These references include Wollstonecraft’s frustration with not only subjugation of women but of slaves as well. Interestingly enough Sen fails to mention her irritation on how the poor

Saurab M. Shrestha, Lecturer Development Economics, National College, Baluwatar. Submitted by: 1432 Yajaswi 4h Year, Section A Review on "Development as Capability Expansion" by Amartya Sen. Introduction Amartya Sen is a profound Indian economist and philosopher. In this paper, Development as Capability Expansion, Sen focuses on human beings being the central part of the development analysis i.e. not as a means but rather an end (agent, beneficiaries and adjudicators) of development process. The

The term, ‘Social Exclusion’, being of a recent origin has been attributed by Amartya Sen to the French policy maker Rene` Lenoir who used it in the mid seventies to describe a tenth of the French Population that comprised of “mentally and physically handicapped, suicidal people, aged invalids, abused children, substance abusers, delinquents, social parents, multi-problem households, marginal, asocial persons, and other social misfits”. Silver further broadened the roll by bringing under the ambit

If aadhaar would be legalised then it would be beneficial, because then there would be smoother functioning of the society as proved in the western countries where a similar system is in place and is running smoothly. Criticism: The criticism to Amartya Sen’s philosophy would be that the philosophy talks about eradication of injustice but does not talk as to how it tries to eradicate or what are the means by which eradication process needs to take. It is silent on the criteria which needs to be

A Critique of Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis. Changing Turkey (12) Sen, Amartya (December 11, 2012). A Critique of Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis. Changing Turkey (13) Huntington, Samuel P. (1993). If Not Civilizations, What? Foreign Affairs, November/December 1993, V: 72, N: 5, p.4 religion – most important

in the existence of a right that any person can have unconditionally, simply by being human. Thomas Pogge a German philosopher and a professor at Yale University argues that human rights are moral claims on social institutions and organizations. Amartya Sen an Indian economist and philosopher of Bengali ethnicity, who supports the wide domain of human rights - inclusion of economic and social rights, argues that freedoms should be both the ends and means of human development which requires the removal

socially embedded members of households, communities and states. Second, he fails to recognize that famine causes by political crisis as much as it is the result of economic shocks or natural disasters (Devereux, 2001). Those scholars who criticized Sen argue that importing food in a situation of existing insecurity could be the answer to minimize the food problem and to save lives (Steven Engler, et al,

three men to equally see over the wall. Theoretically, the veil of ignorance would be an effective way to eliminate all personal bias. Still, because humans are human, it is fundamentally impossible to eliminate all parochial interests, as Sen calls them. Sen references Adam Smith’s theory of an impartial spectator. Smith, an influential philosopher and economist, suggest that when decisions regarding social justice need to be made, they should be made by an objective outsider who would be unaffected

Gates and the World Food Programme might consider expending their manifold resources on emergency income creation and employment programmes…” (Kaufman, 2009) Amartya Sen, awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics has also pointed out that a political voice is the shortest path to a full stomach (Sen,

Overlapping Consensus John Rawls’ model case of an overlapping consensus demonstrates the way in which different contents of reasonable comprehensive doctrines can be relevant in different persons’ affirmation of a political conception. On the one hand, he argues citizens themselves decide how their doctrines relate to the political conception while on the other he imposes certain expectations, not only concerning the political and non-political values but also in the very way people relate to their

Müge Neda Altınoklu Şenay 14 April 2016 RELATIONAL APPROACH TO JUSTICE The general framework about the theory of justice and inequalities while reading Smith, Sen, Nussbaumm and Rawls, provoke me to rethink the idea of inequality and justice within the framework traced by Pierre Bourdieu. Since the misinterpretation of man as homo economicus is the common concern for all these theories as well as for Bourdieu, reframing the human motivation seems to me highly important to understand the experiences