Respecting Human Dignity: Contract Versus Capabilities

Stark, Cynthia A.

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“…This attracted different criticisms. (Barclay ; Biondo ; Stark ; Katzer ; Formosa and Mackenzie ). Apart from general criticisms about the adequacy of Rawlsian political liberalism for theorizing social justice, the main problem in the capability context is that it does not seem to make Nussbaum's substantive capability list any less perfectionist.…”

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An Agency‐Based Capability Theory of Justice

Claassen

2016

European J of Philosophy

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The capability approach is one of the main contenders in the field of theorizing social justice. Each citizen is entitled to a set of basic capabilities. But which are these? Martha Nussbaum formulated a set of ten central capabilities. Amartya Sen argued they should be selected in a process of public reasoning. Critics object that the Nussbaum‐approach is too perfectionist and the Sen‐approach is too proceduralist. This paper presents a third alternative: a substantive but non‐perfectionist capability theory of justice. It presents a two‐level concept of individual agency as connected to social practices. It then argues basic capabilities are those necessary to for the agency necessary to navigate freely and autonomously between different social practices.

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An Agency‐Based Capability Theory of Justice

Claassen

2016

European J of Philosophy

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“…(She is at pains to assert that her approach amounts only to a partial theory of justice [2009, 332]). The question whether a social contract device can accommodate claims of justice on the part of people with severe cognitive impairments is considered in Stark , Richardson , and Beaudry .…”

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Dignity, Capability, and Profound Disability

Vorhaus¹

2015

Metaphilosophy

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Martha Nussbaum has sought to establish the significance of disability for liberal theories of justice. She proposes that human dignity can serve as the basis of an entitlement to a set of capabilities that all human beings either possess or have the potential to develop. This article considers whether the concept of human dignity will serve as the justification for basic human capabilities in accounting for the demands of justice for people with profound learning difficulties and disabilities. It examines the relationship between dignity and capabilities, suggesting that Nussbaum fails to distinguish between several conceptions of human dignity, whilst also identifying one of these conceptions as coming close to meeting several of her demands. It is difficult enough, however, to show how dignity is related to just one of our basic entitlements, and even that requires more than the resources available in Nussbaum's approach.

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Conclusion: Could We Reciprocate to the Wounded Little Bird?

Gotoh

2024

Dignity, Freedom and Justice

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Building on Rawls’s philosophy of contingency and Sen’s normative economics, this chapter seeks a theory of justice that incorporates the hard cases from the beginning. Furthermore, it tries to reconstruct the value assumptions of liberalism, taking the concept of dignity as a clue. The disparity in status between the right to work and the right to well-being and the disregard of the utilization ability to use the rights to liberties are criticized. Furthermore, based on Rawls’ philosophy of contingency and Sen's normative economics, the logic of “public reciprocity,” which incorporates both hard and normal cases, will be explored. Finally, while standing on the inviolability and incomparability of the dignity inherent in the individual, this chapter sought a logic in the capability approach to denounce actions that violate the obligation to respect dignity and to measure the damage for compensations. The discussion here indicates the possibility of a contribution of economics to the theory of value in a new way completely different from the price theory, which helps us to envision the future of the welfare state.

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Respecting Human Dignity: Contract Versus Capabilities

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

An Agency‐Based Capability Theory of Justice

An Agency‐Based Capability Theory of Justice

Dignity, Capability, and Profound Disability

Conclusion: Could We Reciprocate to the Wounded Little Bird?

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