{"product_id":"the-quality-of-life","title":"The Quality of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Martha C Nussbaum\u003cbr\u003eAmartya Sen\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 453\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195649656\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, leading philosophers and economists address issues that relate to defining and measuring 'quality of life'.  It reflects the growing need for interdisciplinary work as economists become more sensitive to the importance of facing fundamental philosophical questions.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEconomists work with a crude measure of per capita income as indicative of human welfare, and the notion of maximizing an individual's utility underlies much within conventional demand theory.  Philosophers, on the other hand, insist that we need to consider the distribution of wealth and income too, and assess a number of distinct areas of human life when determining how well people are doing.  Philosophers are also becoming aware of the importance of linking theoretical inquiries to an understanding of complex practical problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Reviews:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe effort recorded here will help to draw philosophical and economic theory a little closer to the world of crying children and inflamed conflict.                                                                                       - American Political Science Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EDITORS:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha C Nussbaum is University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmartya Sen is Master, Trinity College, Cambridge.  He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMartha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: LIVES AND CAPABILITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEquality of What? On Welfare, Goods, and Capabilities\u003cbr\u003eCapability and Well-Being\u003cbr\u003eCommentators on Cohen and Sen\u003cbr\u003eDescriptions of Inequality: The Swedish Approach to Welfare Research\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eHaving, Loving, Being: An Alternative to the Swedish Model of Welfare Research\u003cbr\u003eQuality of Life Measures in Health Care and Medical Ethics \u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: TRADITIONS, RELATIVISM, AND OBJECTIVITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObjectivity and the Science-Ethics Distinction\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eObjectivity and Social Meaning\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eValue, Desire and Quality of Life\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eExplanation and Practical Reason\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eNon-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: WOMEN’S LIVES AND GENDER JUSTICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Quality of Life: Two Norms or One?\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eJustice, Gender, and International Boundaries\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: POLICY ASSESSMENT AND WELFARE ECONOMICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistributing Health: The Allocation of Resources by an International Agency\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eThe Relativity of the Welfare Concept\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003ePluralism and the Standard of living\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003eLife-Style and the Standard of Living\u003cbr\u003eCommentator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Martha C Nussbaum \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153547424112,"sku":"6273","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/6273.jpg?v=1793911002","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-quality-of-life","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}