INVESTIGADORES
CRESPO Ricardo Fernando
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The Capabilities Approaches and Aristotelian Practical Reason
Autor/es:
RICARDO FERNANDO CRESPO
Lugar:
Amsterdam
Reunión:
Otro; Seminario en The Amsterdam History and Methodology Group, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam; 2007
Institución organizadora:
The Amsterdam History and Methodology Group, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam
Resumen:
This paper tackles the problem of how to make decisions about capabilities given their incommensurable character. If there is no common measure that allows commensuration or a common reference to compare with, how are we going to determine the particular set of ends to be sought in particular situations? The answer is that in the last instance, after trying to carry out albeit imperfect, indispensable quantitative comparisons, we will finally need a qualitative appraisal introducing a concept of practical comparability. This is no more than practical reason assessing and comparing. The paper relies on Aristotelian philosophical grounds and on Keyness ideas about the economic method.
