Pauer-Studer, Herlinde - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 13 (2006) 3, pp. 349-369
In his critique of a self-interest understanding of rationality Amartya Sen appeals to notions like commitment and identity. Sen uses 'identity' in an abstract sense: it refers to the conditions of rational agency. Sen's emphasis on the notion of identity finds a parallel in recent Kantian...