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Fall 2007
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 23, Number 1

The Concept of Equality in Nobel Laureate A. K. Sen's Work: A Critical Assessment

Shyam J. Kamath, Saint Mary's College of California
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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,VolumeXXIII,Number1,Fall2007TheConceptofEqualityinNobelLaureateA.K.Sen'sWork:ACriticalAssessmentShyamJ.KamathlSaintMary'sCollegeofCaliforniaAbstractThisarticleanalyzesthetheoreticalfoundationsofNobelLaureateA.K.Sen'sconceptofequalityasreflectedinhisworkinmanyareasofeconomicsandsocialthought.Thefundamentalapproachof"functionings"and"capabilities"thathasbeenthehallmarkofSen'sapproachtoequalityisfirstpresentedandthecommonbasesidentified.Thebasicconceptusedisthenanalyzedfromalogicalandempiricalperspective.Theadequacyofthisapproachisthenscrutinizedbycontrastingalternativeapproachesofend-stateandpvcessnotionsofequality.Acomprehensivecritiqueisdeveloped,andthemajorshortcomingsofSen'sconceptofequalityaredetailed.Sen'sconceptionofequalityisfoundtobeinadequateonlogicalandmethodologicalgrounds.Hence,itissuggestedthatthisapproachmaybeaninappropriateguideforeconomicpolicyandsocialinterventiontofacilitatehumandevelopment.TheauthorwouldliketothankJamesAhiakpor,CharlesBaird,GregoryChristainsenandSteveShmanskefortheircommentsonanearlierversionofthispaperpresentedattheWednesdayEconomicsResearchSeminaratCaliforniaStateUniversity,EastBay.JeffreyFriedmanofHarvardUniversityandSudhaShenoyoftheUniversityofNewcastleprovidedvaluablecommentsonanearlierversionofthispaper.ChiYanandDeepaIyerprovidedresearchassistance.Allerrorsandomissionsarethesoleresponsibilityoftheauthor.ShyamJ.Kamath116
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