The concept of need in Adam Smith

Yamamori, Tōru

doi:10.1093/cje/bew049

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“…The relationship between Amartya Sen's ethical universalism and non-essential ontology on identity was explored in Yamamori 2006. The concept of need in Sen was discussed in Yamamori (2018Yamamori ( , 2019, while the same concept in economics at large was explored in Yamamori (2017Yamamori ( , 2020. Yamamori 2017 also tried to examine how colonialist discourse influenced the formation of the concept of need in economics, which indirectly relates to cultural justice.…”

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Cultural Justice, Basic Income and the Capability Approach

Yamamori

2021

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In this paper, we elaborate on a theory of an evolutionary political economy capable of accommodating the issue of cultural justice by taking seriously the redistribution–recognition dilemma, a normative analysis of which has been put forth by Nancy Fraser. While accepting Fraser’s articulation of the dilemma, we resist her concluding that Sen’s capability approach is insensitive to cultural justice or the recognition of difference. There is no automatic guarantee, yet an intermediate theory of recognition or cultural justice could in theory be brought to bear on what is, after all, ‘a framework’. We argue that Fraser’s analysis is well suited to be such an intermediate theory, and propose a theoretical device for an evolutional perspective on redistribution and recognition. We concentrate on identifying the stage of the market process at which policy intervenes to remedy redistribution, and the stage of the communication process at which policy intervenes to remedy recognition. Interventions at the entrance stages of both processes are relatively effective and one possibility for such an intervention is to propose Basic Income, which would make it not inconsistent with the capability approach, even though this approach neither directly suggests such a policy not excludes others.

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Cultural Justice, Basic Income and the Capability Approach

Yamamori

2021

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“…The concept of need is seen to have three main characteristics: "first, the failure to satisfy someone's need is harmful to that person; second, in light of the resultant harm, there is an imperative to satisfy the need, i.e., an element of linguistic normativity already inheres in the word; third, given the preceding two characteristics, need cannot be reduced to the concept of desire or want (in its purely subjective modern semantics)" [41]. Adam Smith supported the concept of necessity in "By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without" [42] (Book V, Ch.…”

Section: Water As a Necessity An Impure Public Good And A Social Goodmentioning

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Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

Zisopoulou¹,

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Panagoulia

2022

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An analysis of the following aspects of water economics was undertaken: Water as an Economic and Social Good, Modes of Government Intervention, Water Scarcity in Economic Theory and Agricultural Water Management Changes, with the support of over 300 sources. Emphasis was placed on the connection with primary aspects of economics, in contrast to the usual applicative expositions found in water economics literature. This is a novel approach comparing international bodies’ definitions with economic theory at primary level which leads, upon occasion, to serious contradictions which were exhibited in broad lines. Furthermore, it compares the global implications of these definitions to the existing reality at country level, and a lack of bilateral consistency is exhibited. The uniform picture presented at global level is shown to become a non-uniform one at country level, where sharp variations in resources and availability form a competitive market between nations, and water-rich countries already possessing a competitive advantage are shown to attain a water-based comparative advantage as well. It is shown that although at country level water has a quasi-public good character with minimal private good market existence, this is achieved with the existence of a private goods market at international level via international trade in virtual water. A novel approach to management problems stemming from authority levels starting at global level and ending at farm level is analyzed and redressed by employing reality gap theory.

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“…Instrumentally, needs refer to prerequisites for meeting a given end; they are means to an end. Normatively, needs refer to justified priority requisites or requirements considered very important for people to have (Gasper, 2007b;Rauschmayer et al, 2011;Yamamori, 2016). In this article, I refer to this as 'instrumental-normative'.…”

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“…This meaning focusses on needs that fall under Gasper’s (2004, 20007b) normative mode (instrumental-normative). Furthermore, this meaning implies that human needs are necessary conditions for avoiding objective harm (Doyal & Gough, 1991; Frankfurt, 1998; Thomson, 1987; Wiggins, 1991; Yamamori, 2016). The idea of needs as preconditions also fits Braybrooke’s (1987) relational formula (X needs Y in order to Z).…”

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A Conceptual Analysis of the Nature of Relationship Between Human Needs and Human Well-being in Social Work

Moses

2022

Social Change

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The concept of human need and human well-being are commonly used in social work literature. However, their relationship remains unexplored. Although there is some literature on the relationship between human needs and human well-being in other fields, there is little literature explicitly analysing the nature of this relationship. Drawing on literature on both human needs and human well-being scholars from disciplines such as development studies, social policy, psychology, social work and so on, I argue that the relationship between human needs and human well-being is constitutive and instrumental-normative; and it is a two-fold relationship. Human needs are constitutive of human well-being, and human needs are preconditions for realising human well-being, they result into human well-being when adequately satisfied. I conclude by noting that this nature of relationship demonstrates that human needs are fundamental in promoting and realising human well-being. One cannot talk about human well-being without human needs. Therefore, social workers should focus on identifying and meeting clients’ human needs in order to promote their well-being.

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The concept of need in Adam Smith

Cited by 4 publications

References 49 publications

Cultural Justice, Basic Income and the Capability Approach

Cultural Justice, Basic Income and the Capability Approach

Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

A Conceptual Analysis of the Nature of Relationship Between Human Needs and Human Well-being in Social Work

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