A Reading of Amartya Sen’s The Idea of Justice

Volume 1|Issue 1| Summer 2012 |Discussions

Abstract

Amartya Sen proposes that an individual's focus on a particular kind of justice must start from the limits of his or her capability, which is no more than a perspective on theories of justice, and which clashes with elements that do not derive from the individual's characteristics. The focus on one form of equality, in whatever field, does not mean ascribing significance to the principle of equality in all its other forms. The real crucial question remains what is equality? And do we need equality in such-and-such a field?

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Social-anthropologist of development and expert in the planning and evaluation of regional and local development programs. He holds a PhD in the Sociology of Rural Development from the University of Paris I. Among his books are Subjects and Issues for Debate in the Development of Arab Resources and Local and Country Development: A Record of Lebanese Concepts and Experiences.

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