CAPABILITIES AS FUNDAMENTAL ENTITLEMENTS: SEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Amartya Sen has made a major contribution to the theory of social justice, and of gender justice, by arguing that capabilities are the relevant space of comparison when justice-related issues are considered. This article supports Sen's idea, arguing that capabilities supply guidance superior to...

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Volume:	9
Main Author:	Nussbaum, Martha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Taylor & Francis 01.01.2003 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Taylor and Francis Journals
published in:	Feminist economics Vol. 9; no. 2-3; pp. 33 - 59
Data of publication:	1/1/2003
ISSN:	1354-5701 1466-4372
EISSN:	1466-4372
Discipline:	Women's Studies Economics
Series:	Feminist Economics
Subjects:	Justice Social Contract Gender Amartya Sen Capabilities Human Rights Economics Business & Economics Women's Studies Social Sciences Amartya Sen; Capabilities; Justice; Gender; Human Rights; Social Contract justice capabilities gender social contract Amartya Sen human rights
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
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