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Work #732 · Late

Development as Freedom

Amartya Sen
1999 · English
Treatise in development economics and political philosophy · Capability approach / welfare economics

Sen's 1999 reformulation of development as the expansion of substantive freedoms

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Development as Freedom (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Development as Freedom

The temporal expansion of capabilities.

Space

Development as Freedom

The political space of substantive freedoms.

Matter

Development as Freedom

The embodied capable agent.

Observer

Development as Freedom

The capabilities-evaluating subject.

Energy

Development as Freedom

Energies of human agency.

Information

Development as Freedom

The capability set as information.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Development as Freedom

Sen's capability approach: foundational for the Human Development Index, the UN HDR, and global development ethics — extended by Nussbaum into a list-based capabilities theory.