Sen's Capability Approach as a new social-liberal paradigm (In French)

The goal of this paper is to show that Amartya Sen's idea can be rooted in the social-liberal paradigm. Combining the respect of an unconditional freedom and the research of a real equality, Sen, thanks to the Capability Approach, proposes a framework for a new theory of justice.

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Published inIDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
Main Author BERTIN, Alexandre
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2008
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Summary:The goal of this paper is to show that Amartya Sen's idea can be rooted in the social-liberal paradigm. Combining the respect of an unconditional freedom and the research of a real equality, Sen, thanks to the Capability Approach, proposes a framework for a new theory of justice.