The Idea of Justice

摘要

Amartya Sen's vision of justice is agreeably humane. He sees people as developmental creatures whose well-being depends on achieving their potential in healthy and satisfying ways. This reflects something of an Aristotelian cast of mind, at least with respect to Sen's picture of the structure of human psychology. Whereas utilitarians tend to focus on preference-satisfaction and egalitarians typically traffic in arguments about the distribution of resources, Sen operates with a more fully rounded idea of human well-being.