| Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and Problems Contributor(s): Kaufman, Alexander (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041549978X ISBN-13: 9780415499781 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 303.372 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |