I. Who I. Who II. Welfare and developmental economics

I. Who

• I. Who

• II. Welfare and developmental economics

• General focus on self-interest in economics: what are the presumptions?

• III. This is his target

• IV. Experience tells us some things

• Bowl of fruit

V. Basic concepts

• V. Basic concepts

• Sympathy
• Commitment

• VI. Is this relevant to a vision of the self?

• Not in terms of purchase of goods usually
• What about public versus private goods?

VII. “Social morons”

• VII. “Social morons”

• Ethical v. subjective
• Ranking of rankings
• Implications of “economic” view of rationality
• Consequences of committment

VIII. What has Sen accomplished?

• VIII. What has Sen accomplished?

• Rationality
• Multiple self
• Universal v. particular?
• Not all other-regarding motives are good