Freedom, Responsibility and Economics of the Person

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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser ; v.175

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Cover; Freedom, Responsibility and Economics of the Person; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Freedom and the capability approach; 2.1 Freedom in liberal egalitarianism; 2.2 The capability approach; 2.3 From freedom as a value to freedom as a norm; 2.4 Reconsidering freedom; 3 Freedom and responsibility; 3.1 The agent's freedom; 3.2 From freedom to responsibility; 3.3 Responsibility reconsidered; 3.4 Another conception of responsibility; 4 The person and responsibility; 4.1 The question of the person; 4.2 Personalism

4.3 The person beyond personalism4.4 Action and responsibility; 5 Methodology of person-centred economics; 5.1 Individualism and ethics; 5.2 Individualism and contextualism; 5.3 Responsibility, reasonableness, rationality; 6 Illustrations of the economics of the person; 6.1 Mutual assistance and responsibilities; 6.2 Time allocation and practical identities; 6.3 Obtaining credit where there are no credit institutions; 6.4 Economic analysis and responsibilities; 7 Vulnerability, identity and responsibility; 7.1 Vulnerability and probabilities; 7.2 Capabilities and vulnerability

7.3 Vulnerability and responsibility7.4 What the economies of the concentration camps have to teach us; 8 Fallibility and fragility; 8.1 Freedom as power over another and identity; 8.2 Situationism and responsibility; 8.3 Fallibility, disproportion, fragility; 9 From the economics of the person to the responsibilities of institutions and the social precautionary principle; 9.1 Looking back at the tragedy of Rwanda; 9.2 Considering suffering and economic crimes; 9.3 Recognising the responsibilities; 9.4 For a social precautionary principle; Notes; References; Index

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