02543oam 2200553I 450 991015456760332120230126214834.01-351-95347-81-138-25730-31-315-26091-310.4324/9781315260914 (CKB)3710000000965916(MiAaPQ)EBC4758348(OCoLC)965543262(BIP)63367670(BIP)13788543(EXLCZ)99371000000096591620180706e20162008 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCapabilities and social justice the political philosophy of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum /John M. AlexanderLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (198 pages)"First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.0-7546-6187-3 1-351-95348-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The capability approach in perspective -- pt. 2. Capabilities, morality and politics.The capability approach to social justice construes a person's well-being in terms of the substantive freedoms people value. John Alexander engages with the rapidly growing body of literature on the capability approach in economics, inequality, poverty measurement and development studies. Critically assessing Sen and Nussbaum's work in normative economics, social ethics and political philosophy, Alexander develops a unified vision of the capability approach embodying the ideal of creating the greatest possible condition for the realization of basic capabilities for all. He then assesses this vision as a political theory arguing that capabilities are necessary but not sufficient for overcoming conditions of domination. The book calls for a more intimate relationship between individual liberty and the freedom of the political community as a whole.Distributive justiceSocial justiceSocial choiceMerit (Ethics)Distributive justice.Social justice.Social choice.Merit (Ethics)320.01Alexander John M.277426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154567603321Capabilities and social justice2295917UNINA