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Development,Right And Equality--Comment And Analysis On Amartya Sen's Economic Ethic Thoughts

Posted on:2005-07-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X G LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360125966285Subject:Ethics
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This essay, mainly exploring the subject of the economic ethic thoughts of Amartya Sen,an economics Nobel Prize Owner in 1988,begining with development, right and equality, expounds the development notion of Sen's that freedom is considered as purpose and approach, the right notion of poverty due to the deficiency of exchange entitlement and the equality notion focused on the fundamental capability, on which this essay analyses the positive impact and the inner defect of Sen's economic ethic thoughts, in anticipation of some references for use be offered for China's development of economic ethics.The positive impacts form Amartya Sen's economic ethic thoughts are reflected as follows: firstly, the integration of economics and ethics will enrich the scope of economic ethics. Secondly, the notion of development notion of Sen's that freedom is considered as purpose and approach will expand the connotation of development. Thirdly, the analysis on the poverty causes, beginning with the defecting of right, will come up with another considerable way of solution of existing problem.In the light of the concept to investigate the materialism, there still exist disadvantages in Amartya Sen's economic ethic thoughts, For instance, he overstressed the guide function from ethic to economics, mean while weakened the practical influence from economics to ethics; There also lacks in the systematic ethic explanation of the two aspects of purposed and approaches connected by experiencing freedom;In term of explains the reasons for poverty by the defecting of right, he didn't produce the further research the origins of poverty and the solution of the problem.However the defects cannot obscure the virtues. The overall understanding of Amartya Sen's economic ethic thoughts will contribute various problems, which includes the definition of economic ethic, the requirement of systematic research of economic ethic, precise grasp of the function of economic and ethic and so on, in cause of the study of China's economic ethic.
Keywords/Search Tags:economic ethic, development, freedom, right, poverty, equality
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