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Capabilities equality : basic issues and problems /

The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining what we owe each other, as a matter of justice? While the capabilities theory has avoided many of t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kaufman, Alexander, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.
Colección:Routledge innovations in political theory ; 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining what we owe each other, as a matter of justice? While the capabilities theory has avoided many of the conceptual difficulties that have undermined competing accounts of egalitarian justice, recent criticisms have raised questions regarding the focus, structure and justification of the theory. In this volume, leading scholars present new and original essays that address these controversies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203799444
0203799445