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Single Idea 21025
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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Full Idea
Situation ethics offers no guidance for the future.
Gist of Idea
Particularism gives no guidance for the future
Source
Martha Nussbaum (Creating Capabilities [2011], 8)
Book Ref
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Creating Capabilities' [Belknap Harvard 2013], p.176
A Reaction
Not sure if Situation Ethics is the same as Particularism. Jonathan Danby famously champions the latter.
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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21008
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Liberalism does not need a comprehensive account of value
[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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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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21011
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We shouldn't focus on actual preferences, which may be distorted by injustices
[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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21012
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Women are often treated like children, and not respected for their choices
[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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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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21022
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The Capabilities Approach sees animals as agents, not just as having feelings
[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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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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21026
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Compassion is unreliable, because it favours people close to us
[Nussbaum]
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