Freedom in Amartya Sen and Gustavo Gutierrez: Religious and Secular Common Grounds
Author(s)
Echeverria, Javier Iguiniz
Abstract
It is often supposed that those who base their views of the world on perceived religious truth and those who do not will be unable to engage in deep and mutual conversation, for their basic assumptions are just too different. In this essay the author compares the views of Amartya Sen and Gustavo Gutierrez on development and human freedom, finding them to share a very great deal in attitude, in fundamental concern, and in intellectual method, even though the former describes himself as without religion, while the later is profoundly theological.
