Amartya Sen Quotes About Choices

Quotes about: Choices

• the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

  Amartya Sen

  Discovery, Choices, Identity

• I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970.

  Amartya Sen

  Welfare Programs, Choices, Social

• To conclude this discussion, assessment of justice demands engagement with the 'eyes of mankind',first, because we may variously identify with the others elsewhere and not just with our local community;second, because our choices and actions may affect the lives of others far as well as near;and third,because what they see from their respective perspective of history and geography may help us to overcome our own parochialism.

  Amartya Sen

  Eye, Assessment, Justice

  Amartya Sen (2009). “The Idea of Justice”, p.130, Harvard University Press

• If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.

  Amartya Sen

  Justice, Choices, Strategy

  Amartya Sen (2011). “The Idea of Justice”, p.15, Harvard University Press

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