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Document Details : Title: Capability Egalitarianism and Moral Selfhood Author(s): ALEXANDER, John M. Journal: Ethical Perspectives Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Date: 2003 Pages: 3-21 DOI: 10.2143/EP.10.1.503868 Abstract : Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum advocate that a person’s quality of life and equal standing in society should be evaluated in terms of capabilities rather than utility, income or resources. In this article, I critically examine the concept of the person that underpins the capability approach. I argue that the ideal of equality of capability articulates a ‘non-utilitarian’ and ‘non-liberal’ view of the self. |
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