Economics promotes market mechanisms for the efficient use of resources in satisfying human want, yet market mechanisms are apparently unable to provide adequate health care and thereby satisfy a need central to a person’s well-being. This research report looks at the views of Amartya Sen and particularly his ideas of distributive justice and capability. It also considers some of the insights that economics provides for an understanding of the apparent limitations that occur in health care provision. The findings point towards a curtailed view of what may reasonably be obtained and a recognition that only limited agreement on any arrangement for health care provision may be possible within society. Sen’s capability approach provides a pertinent and expansive measure of a person’s well-being and freedom; it should not be ignored in any evaluation of well-being or the acceptability of any policy purporting to improve well-being.

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Sciences économiques : Lyon 2 : 2007. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr.

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: München, Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2004.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2008.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Tübingen. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299).

The purpose of the paper is to reconstruct Smith's view not only of human being but also of the economic system basing on his action, so as to show in what way Amartya Sen constructs his moral economic account on these presuppositions and how he conceptualizes some specific Smithian principles, reintegrating them in economic theorising. Sen's model of behavior but also his holistic views on the economy and human development, which have accumulated in the well known capability approach, is inspired by the philosophical work of Adam Smith. In fact, there are more similarities between the two economists than one might think. (...) (author´s abstract) / Series: Working Papers / Institut für Sozialpolitik

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The aim of this paper is to develop a new concept for the EU in order to define and measure poverty no longer on the basis of income1, but on so called capabilities to argue for a capability oriented social policy. The capability approach (CA) was originally developed by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen2 and can be interpreted as critique of the utilitarian tradition of standard economics. In Sen's view, mainstream economic analysis operates on a very narrow base and does not include central information about the human condition. The main points of Sen's critique shall be discussed by way of introduction in section one. In offering an alternative framework of economic evaluation, Sen is very much inspired by the work of Adam Smith (1723-1790) and tried to bring him back into the economic and social discussion. The connections between Smith and Sen and the main elements of the CA will be discussed in section two. (...) (author´s abstract) / Series: Working Papers / Institut für Sozialpolitik