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Ambivalentnost procesa globalizacije i etičke implikacije teorije društvenog izbora Amartye Sena
Ambivalence of Globalization Process and Ethical Implications of Amartya Sen’s Social Choice Theory

Author(s): Šimo Šokčević
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: Amartya Sen; social choice theory; homo oeconomicus; development; freedom; globalization; utilitarianism

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary world expresses a great need for a code of ethics in the financial, political and in the social spheres in general. In this context the theory of social choice of A. Sen, the Indian economist, philosopher and winner of the Nobel prize for his personal contribution in the field of economy, represents an important factor in the realization of social goods and also plays a key role in the formation of a sound socio-political order. The implementation of capabilities into the social spheres and the critique of utilitarianism will be in the focus of our interest in this article. At that context we’ll mention freedoms that have to be understood as commitments which include responsibility for other people through rational social choice which is the rational solid ethical base from which we form coherent system of values based on trust, willingness for cooperation, so on that way the individual also fulfils himself/herself. According to that, to the expression also comes individual and communitarian level of moral.

  • Issue Year: 29/2009
  • Issue No: 01/113
  • Page Range: 119-130
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Croatian