1. ) has highlighted, Sen recognizes the role of community and groups influencing personal behavior and even individual identity: "there are strong influences of the community, and of the people with whom we identify and associate, in shaping our knowledge and comprehension as well as our ethics and norms. In this sense, social identity cannot but be central to human life" (1999c: 5). Let me quote another formulation of Sen's rich concept of agency: "I am using the term agent (?) in its older -and "grander"-sense as someone who acts and brings about change, and whose achievements can be judged in terms of her own values and objectives" (1999a: 19);Moral considerations may, inter alia, influence a person's 'commitment'" (1985: 188),1999