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Single Idea 21013
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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Full Idea
The capabilities approach grounds rights claims in bare human birth and minimal agency, not in rationality or any other specific property, something that permits it to recognise the equal human rights of people with cognitive disabilities.
Gist of Idea
Capabilities are grounded in bare humanity and agency; qualifying as rational is not needed
Source
Martha Nussbaum (Creating Capabilities [2011], 3)
Book Ref
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Creating Capabilities' [Belknap Harvard 2013], p.63
A Reaction
She says elsewhere that she also sees animals as included in the capabilities approach. This is a rejection of the Kantian grounds for rights (by a well-known Aristotelian).
Related Idea
Idea 21019
Social contracts assume equal powers among the participants [Nussbaum]
The
19 ideas
from 'Creating Capabilities'
21007
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Storytelling is never neutral; some features of the world must be emphasised
[Nussbaum]
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21009
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Capabilities: Life, Health, Safety, Mental life, Love, Planning, Joining in, Nature, Play, Control
[Nussbaum, by PG]
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21010
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Justice requires that the ten main capabilities of people are reasonably enabled
[Nussbaum]
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21008
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Liberalism does not need a comprehensive account of value
[Nussbaum]
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21011
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We shouldn't focus on actual preferences, which may be distorted by injustices
[Nussbaum]
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21012
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Women are often treated like children, and not respected for their choices
[Nussbaum]
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21015
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Negative liberty is incoherent; all liberties, to do and to be, require the prevention of interference
[Nussbaum]
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21013
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Capabilities are grounded in bare humanity and agency; qualifying as rational is not needed
[Nussbaum]
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21014
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Rights are not just barriers against state interference; governments must affirm capabilities of citizens
[Nussbaum]
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21016
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Political and civil rights are not separate from economic and social rights
[Nussbaum]
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21019
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Social contracts assume equal powers among the participants
[Nussbaum]
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21020
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Any establishment belief system is incompatible with full respect for all citizens
[Nussbaum]
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21017
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Political freedom is an incoherent project, because some freedoms limit other freedoms
[Nussbaum]
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21022
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The Capabilities Approach sees animals as agents, not just as having feelings
[Nussbaum]
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21021
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Keep premises as weak as possible, to avoid controversial difficulties
[Nussbaum]
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21025
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Particularism gives no guidance for the future
[Nussbaum]
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21023
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We should respect animals in the way that we respect the animal nature in humans
[Nussbaum]
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21024
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It may be no harm to kill an animal which cannot plan for its future
[Nussbaum]
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21026
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Compassion is unreliable, because it favours people close to us
[Nussbaum]
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