The quality of life / edited by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen.
"The idea of the quality of life is central to economic and social assessment and also to public policy, social legislation, and community programmes. However, the commonly used indicators of economic success such as per capita income are at best crude measures of the quality of life. There is...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Series: | Studies in development economics.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | "The idea of the quality of life is central to economic and social assessment and also to public policy, social legislation, and community programmes. However, the commonly used indicators of economic success such as per capita income are at best crude measures of the quality of life. There is a strong need for a systematic exploration of the content, reach, and relevance of the concept of the quality of life, and ways of making it concrete and usable. In this collection of essays, some leading economists and philosophers rise to that challenge and provide a wide-ranging investigation." "The essays include examination of recent attempts to replace incomes and utilities by the concept of capability and also exploration of the classic Aristotelian accounts of human flourishing, which provide insights into capability-based assessment of the quality of life. Some underlying methodological problems are also examined, including cultural relativism and utility as a measure of advantage. Possibilities of application are discussed in the context of important practical problems, such as correcting gender-based inequalities, determining medical priorities, and promoting living standards"--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University.". Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the World Institute for Development Economics Research. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 453 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198287976 9780198287971 |