The Central Human Functional Capabilities By Martha C. Nussbaum

The Good Act In the “The Central Human Functional Capabilities,” by Martha C. Nussbaum, she argues that without certain traits, a life will fall short of being a good life. She calls these traits, “Central Human Functional Capabilities”, and there are ten in total. She adds that the role of public policy should focus on those capabilities in order to ensure and promote a good quality of life for a society or country. That is the only way that a political body can be considered good. In Nussbaum’s philosophy, if public policy focused on the Human Capabilities she discusses, than that would be a way of creating an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to have a healthy and good life. However, before Nussbaum’s good political body can exist, a society that is good comes first. A society that encourages the health and wellness of its entire people will be able to set up a government body that reflects that. Today, we …show more content…
It is hard to turn a blind eye on homelessness because there are a large number of people in the community globally. It is a strange thing to say that humanity is doing good when there are many people of different age groups eating out of trash cans, sleeping on sidewalks, and sometimes even dying in the streets due to poor health conditions. Some people might find it difficult to make a change because they think the problem is too big, but they can start to make a change from small and local. For example, in Los Angeles, homelessness is a big issue. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported that the homeless people in the county of Los Angeles are about forty thousand. The results also stated that the number was, “an increase of 12% or 4,898 homeless people across the Count of Los Angeles from 2013 (39, 461)” (“2015 Results Los Angeles Continuum of