Amartya Sen Quotes About Choices
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the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute
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I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970.
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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.
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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.
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