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The capability theory and welfare reform
Author(s) -
Gotoh Reiko
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacific economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1468-0106
pISSN - 1361-374X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0106.00128
Subject(s) - capability approach , context (archaeology) , meaning (existential) , economic justice , agency (philosophy) , welfare , economics , distributive justice , positive economics , process (computing) , foundation (evidence) , law and economics , sociology , public economics , neoclassical economics , epistemology , law , political science , social science , economic growth , computer science , philosophy , market economy , paleontology , biology , operating system
This essay examines the foundation of welfare reform in the light of Amartya Sen’s capability theory and the implications of his theory in the context of contemporary industrialized society. A method to formulate the equality of capabilities and to capture its philosophical meaning is explored from the viewpoint of a fair distributive justice; two concepts of freedom, well‐being freedom and agency freedom ; and the process of human life.