CAPACIDADES ı MARTHA NUSSBAUM

IMPORTANT TERMS IN HER PROPOSAL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 1. Capacity This is the real potential a person has to do or be something important to live a dignified life. Nussbaum uses this concept to talk about real rights and possibilities, not just theoretical ones. Example: Having real access to education, not just the law saying you can study. 2. Justice For Nussbaum, justice does not consist only of formal or legal equality, but also of ensuring that all people have real access to the minimum conditions necessary to live well, especially the most vulnerable. Example: A fair system should especially help those who are disadvantaged (such as people with disabilities or women in poverty). 3. Functioning This is the activities or states that a person actually performs or achieves in their life. They represent what one is or does with their abilities. Example: Knowing how to read (functioning) thanks to having received a good education (developed ability). 4. Capability Approach This is a philosophical and political framework that seeks to measure development and justice not only by income or material goods, but by what people can actually do or be. This approach was developed by Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. The 10 core capabilities proposed by Nussbaum These capabilities are considered the minimum necessary that every person should have to live a truly human life: 1. Life: Being able to live a life of normal length, without dying prematurely. 2. Bodily Health: Having good health, access to food, housing, and medical care. 3. Bodily Integrity: Being able to move freely, being safe from violence, having reproductive freedom. 4. Senses, Imagination, and Thought: Being able to use the senses, imagine, think, and reason with education and freedom of expression. 5. Emotions: Being able to have emotional attachments, love, and feel sadness or gratitude without fear or repression. 6. Practical Reasoning: Ability to reflect on what is good and make moral decisions. 7. Affiliation: Being able to live with others, show empathy, and participate in society. 8. Relationships with Other Species: Being able to live in relationship with animals, plants, and the natural world. 9. Play and Free Time: Being able to laugh, play, and enjoy activities. 10. Control over the Environment: Political: Being able to participate in political decisions. Material: Being able to own property and work under fair conditions. Forgive the examples; it's very easy to misinterpret, especially given the context in which we live. Thank you very much!