Amartya Sen b. 1933
Amartya Sen (born 1933) is an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy and Political Philosophy.
Amartya Sen is an Indian philosopher and economist, Nobel laureate in economic sciences, and one of the most influential thinkers on famines, social choice, and the foundations of justice. Poverty and Famines argued that famines are not primarily failures of aggregate food supply but of the social entitlements through which people command food, while his work with Martha Nussbaum on the capabilities approach grounded a non-utilitarian framework for human development. The Idea of Justice rejected the search for ideal institutions in favor of a comparative public reasoning that focuses on remediable injustices in the world we actually inhabit.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Indian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Amartya Sen:
“Famines are caused by failures of entitlement, not by failures of food production alone.”
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Attributed to Amartya Sen:
“Development is freedom.”
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Attributed to Amartya Sen:
“The pursuit of justice begins with attention to clear and remediable injustices.”
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Attributed to Amartya Sen:
“What people are actually able to do and to be is the proper space for justice.”
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Attributed to Amartya Sen:
“Public reasoning is at the heart of democracy.”
Frequently asked about Amartya Sen
- When was Amartya Sen born?
- Amartya Sen was born in 1933.
- Where was Amartya Sen from?
- Amartya Sen is an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Amartya Sen associated with?
- Amartya Sen is associated with Analytic Philosophy and Political Philosophy.
- What is Amartya Sen known for?
- Amartya Sen is an Indian philosopher and economist, Nobel laureate in economic sciences, and one of the most influential thinkers on famines, social choice, and the foundations of justice.
- How many quotes are attributed to Amartya Sen?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from Amartya Sen in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.