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- catalog abstract ""The idea of the quality of life is central to economic and social assessment and also to public policy, social legislation, and community programmes. However, the commonly used indicators of economic success such as per capita income are at best crude measures of the quality of life. There is a strong need for a systematic exploration of the content, reach, and relevance of the concept of the quality of life, and ways of making it concrete and usable. In this collection of essays, some leading economists and philosophers rise to that challenge and provide a wide-ranging investigation." "The essays include examination of recent attempts to replace incomes and utilities by the concept of capability and also exploration of the classic Aristotelian accounts of human flourishing, which provide insights into capability-based assessment of the quality of life. Some underlying methodological problems are also examined, including cultural relativism and utility as a measure of advantage. Possibilities of application are discussed in the context of important practical problems, such as correcting gender-based inequalities, determining medical priorities, and promoting living standards. The overall result is a major contribution to the understanding and use of the idea of the quality of life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3613907.
- catalog contributor b3613908.
- catalog contributor b3613909.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""The idea of the quality of life is central to economic and social assessment and also to public policy, social legislation, and community programmes. However, the commonly used indicators of economic success such as per capita income are at best crude measures of the quality of life. There is a strong need for a systematic exploration of the content, reach, and relevance of the concept of the quality of life, and ways of making it concrete and usable. In this collection of essays, some leading economists and philosophers rise to that challenge and provide a wide-ranging investigation." "The essays include examination of recent attempts to replace incomes and utilities by the concept of capability and also exploration of the classic Aristotelian accounts of human flourishing, which provide insights into capability-based assessment of the quality of life. Some underlying methodological problems are also examined, including cultural relativism and utility as a measure of advantage. Possibilities of application are discussed in the context of important practical problems, such as correcting gender-based inequalities, determining medical priorities, and promoting living standards. The overall result is a major contribution to the understanding and use of the idea of the quality of life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "(cont.) Explanation and practical reason / Charles Taylor -- Non-relative virtues : an Aristotelian approach / Martha Nussbaum -- Women and the quality of life : two norms or one? / Julia Annas -- Justice, gender, and international boundaries / Onora O'Neill -- Distributing health : the allocation of resources by an international agency / John E. Roemer -- The relativity of the welfare concept / B.M.S. van Praag -- Pluralism and the standard of living / Paul Seabright -- Life-style and the standard of living / Christopher Bliss.".
- catalog description "Equality of what? : on welfare, goods, and capabilities / G.A. Cohen -- Capability and well-being / Amartya Sen -- Commentators on Cohen and Sen : Christine M. Korsgaard, Wulf Gaertner -- Descriptions of inequality : the Swedish approach to welfare research / Robert Erikson -- Having, loving, being : an alternative to the Swedish model of welfare research / Erik Allardt -- Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics / Dan Brock -- Objectivity and the science-ethics distinction / Hilary Putnam -- Objectivity and social meaning / Michael Walzer -- Value, desire, and quality of life / Thomas Scanlon --".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xi, 453 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198283954 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog identifier "0198287976 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in development economics.".
- catalog isPartOf "WIDER studies in development economics".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "306 20".
- catalog subject "HN25 .Q33 1993".
- catalog subject "Human services Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Public welfare Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Quality of life Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Social values Congresses.".
- catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) Explanation and practical reason / Charles Taylor -- Non-relative virtues : an Aristotelian approach / Martha Nussbaum -- Women and the quality of life : two norms or one? / Julia Annas -- Justice, gender, and international boundaries / Onora O'Neill -- Distributing health : the allocation of resources by an international agency / John E. Roemer -- The relativity of the welfare concept / B.M.S. van Praag -- Pluralism and the standard of living / Paul Seabright -- Life-style and the standard of living / Christopher Bliss.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Equality of what? : on welfare, goods, and capabilities / G.A. Cohen -- Capability and well-being / Amartya Sen -- Commentators on Cohen and Sen : Christine M. Korsgaard, Wulf Gaertner -- Descriptions of inequality : the Swedish approach to welfare research / Robert Erikson -- Having, loving, being : an alternative to the Swedish model of welfare research / Erik Allardt -- Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics / Dan Brock -- Objectivity and the science-ethics distinction / Hilary Putnam -- Objectivity and social meaning / Michael Walzer -- Value, desire, and quality of life / Thomas Scanlon --".
- catalog title "The Quality of life / edited by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen.".
- catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
- catalog type "text".