PERSPECTIVE ON REAL FREEDOM AMARTYA SEN

Authors

  • Jose Luis Sepúlveda Universidad Complutense de Madri-Espanha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v18i2.24603

Keywords:

Ethics, economy, freedom, primary goods, responsibility, rationality.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show you the broad concept of “real-freedom”, following both the analyses and comments of a remarkable author, Amartya Sen. This concept inspires most of the works and articles of our author. It is mainly reflected on his most important book of the past years: Development as freedom. We analyse the two points of view of the concept of “freedom” in this book. They are the constitutive role and the instrumental one. In the first role we include three concepts: Freedom as a universal value, Processes and Opportunities, and Freedom as a social commitment. In the second role we compare Sen`s instrumental-freedoms with Rawls’s “primary goods” theory.

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Author Biography

Jose Luis Sepúlveda, Universidad Complutense de Madri-Espanha

Doutorando pelo departamento de Filosofia Moral, Ética e Sociología II da Universidade Complutense de Madri-Espanha. Mestre em Filosofia Social e Política da UCM e Licenciado em Filosofia e Teologia pela Faculdade do Norte da Espanha.

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Published

2014-02-17

How to Cite

SEPÚLVEDA, Jose Luis. PERSPECTIVE ON REAL FREEDOM AMARTYA SEN. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 18, n. 2, p. 105–134, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v18i2.24603. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/24603. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2013): Analytical Philosophy, Ethics and Subjetivity

Section

Artigos Originais

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