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Koncepcja zdolności Marthy C. Nussbaum
Martha C. Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach

Author(s): Dariusz Juruś
Subject(s): Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: capabilities; state; Neo-Aristotelianism; political liberalism

Summary/Abstract: In this article, in its first part, I present some selected and most important elements of the capabilities approach developed by contemporary American philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. In the second part, I criticize certain elements of this concept, treating it, in accordance with Nussbaum’s declaration, as above all a political theory, not a moral one.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 53-71
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish