Commitment in Amartya Sen`s Philosophy : With Reference to Its Relevance to Caritas in Veritate / Joe Tony Previnth

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The rationality of Commitment Rational Fools..........48 The problem of the Assumption of Self-Interest ..............50 The problems of descriptive economics ...........73 Pareto optimality , utilitarianism and agency ..........79 The different aspects of the self..............84 The fourth aspects of the self ...............90 Sympathy and commitment ..........91 Commitment .......92 The need for a structure to incorporate commitment .....107 The structure of Meta-rankings...........109 Meta-rankings and the prisoner`s Dilemma ..................112 The committed person - a rational Person ...............127 2. The reasonability of Commitment The idea of Justice and commitment ........134 The concept of Development ............172 The notion of Identity and commitment ..............203 3. The ReLevance of Sen`s Notion of Commitment to caritas in Veritate Love and commitment ..........226 Truth and informational Broadening .........228 The dignity of the human Person and the human Agency ...........242 Integral human development and development as freedom ............248 common good and other- centeredness ..............255 Solidarity and social responsibility ..........263 Subsidiarity and effective power ..............271 Gratuitousness and commitment as a Gift .........277