THE SOCIAL IDENTITY ACCORDING TO AMARTYA SEN: RELATING TO FREEDOM AND RESPONSABILITY IN DEMOCRACY

Social identity is plural, ambiguous, chosen, neither inherited nor merely discovered, and coexists harmoniously with other identities (Sen, 2001, p. 319). Identities related to capabilities, an aspect of freedom understood as the individual's willingness to choose from among the substantive opportunities that exist (Sen, 2004, p. 520). At present, some identities are being constructed and reinforced, but others are being weakened, such as those relating to work. This text insists on the need to think about the connection between identity, freedom and responsibility. Identity without freedom is a chimera, but it is also impossible for identity and freedom to be present without responsibility, because identity is an option that is chosen, and as an action, needs both individual responsibility as well as responsibility to others. This enables the substantive opportunities that make it effective. This work is relevant because the existing literature does not stop to analyse these relationships explicitly.