Amartya Sen on the death penalty
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2016 · Education
In light of recent decisions in India regarding the death penalty, Amartya Sen discusses his view on the controversial topic. Time and again Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate and polymath, has stimulated our thoughts and world-view through his ideas. In his new collection of cultural essays Sen examines social justice and welfare, by addressing some of the fundamental issues of our time like deprivation, disparity, hunger, illiteracy, alienation, globalization, media, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, and exploitation. Check out Amartya Sen’s 11 seminal essays on education, culture, hunger, poverty, Tagore and globalization here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-country-of-first-boys-9780198738183 © Oxford University Press
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