Key Ideas

1. The capability approach is a comprehensive framework for evaluating justice and inequality.
Nussbaum argues for the capability approach as a better alternative to traditional accounts of justice that focus on resources or primary goods.

2. The capability approach measures the freedom people have to lead a good life.
According to Nussbaum, capabilities are the substantive freedoms that individuals have to pursue valuable activities and functionings.

3. The capability approach prioritizes the promotion of central human capabilities.
Nussbaum suggests ten central capabilities that are essent....
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