Capabilities and social justice : the political philosophy of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum / John M. Alexander.
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TextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2008.Description: x, 187 p. ; 25 cm. ; casedISBN: - 0754661873
- 9780754661870
- 9780754661870:
- Sen, Amartya, 1933-
- Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947-
- Distributive justice
- Social justice
- Social choice
- Merit (Ethics)
- Resource allocation -- Political aspects
- Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
- Political science & theory
- Social & political philosophy
- Sociology: work & labour
- Philosophy
- Politics & government
- 320.01
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CW017, CW758
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
pt. 1. The capability approach in perspective. Sen's critique of utilitarianism -- Rethinking Rawlsian justice -- Towards a capability theory of justice -- pt. 2. Capabilities, morality and politics. The theory of broad consequentialism -- The question of individual responsibility -- Aristotle and Nussbaums hybrid theory of capabilities -- Which freedom? what sort of public reasoning?
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