Capability approach

However, critics have identified flaws in this approach. For instance, Lamey(2001) has given the example of a wealthy handicapped person in a wheelchair : she doesn 't have any financial constraints but only an absence of opportunity for getting access to public places. Even if she hires a porter to carry her to her desired places, still it won 't solve her problem. Her sense of self-respect and dignity will be restored only when she would be able to move on her own. Only wheel chair-accessible buildings can address her situation. Beyond economic measures of well being, there are actual capabilities of people we have to think about. Martha Nussbaum(2011) calls such capabilities as Capability Approach to Human Development. Amartya Sen was the first who pioneered this wheel chaired example and now Nussbaum has applied this approach to issue of justice for poor, disabled and animals(Lamey,2001).According to Nussbaum(2011), Capability approach is a set of human entitlements, similar to human rights, as a minimum of what justice requires for all(p 4).The following table gives a clear understanding of the these Central…

Martha Nussbaum develops a theory based on capabilities to achieve a life full of dignity in Women and cultural universals. The capabilities she selects are meant to direct politics away from being used for survival and move it to achieve full human function where each individual flourish. She states “We want to describe a life in which the dignity of human being is not violated by hunger or fear or absence of opportunity.” (women and cultural universals, page 40). Because of the traditions set…

This approach starts from below with people’s lives and it defines social mobility and well-being in terms of opportunities. As Martha Nussbaum states, “such an approach had better begin close to the ground, looking at life stories, and the human meaning of policy changes for real people” (Nussbaum 2011, 14). The capabilities approach demands one central question according to Nussbaum, “what is each person able to do and be?” (Nussbaum 2011, 18). The capabilities approach was coined jointly by…

Amartya Sen’s capability approach is a theoretical framework for the evaluation of individual welfare. It provides a theoretical basis for inequality, poverty and policy analysis. In the recent decades the capability approach has gained much popularity as emphasis is laid on human development that goes beyond the previously important notions of sheer economic development. The earlier aspects of capability approach can be traced in the works of Aristotle, Karl Marx and Adam Smith; however, it is…

Pawelski, evaluates the suitability of Nussbaum’s substantive account of capabilities (Jayawickreme, & Pawelski, 2016). Empirical and conceptualized work has shown the value of positivity, widely sought after quality, that proves to influence general outcomes, economics and overall wellbeing (Jayawickreme, & Pawelski, 2016). While Nussbaum sees positive emotions as incidental to the experience of well-being, Jayawickreme and Pawelski believe that experience and mental state is as influential…

Argument Against Standardized Testing President Bush is promoting annual standardized testing for all students in grades three through eight. This bill is currently being considered in Congress, and has garnered much support. As of right now, 15 states test students in those grades, and more than 20 have high school exit exams, which look only at the test score of a student, not at his or her academic achievements. Standardized testing is an unfair and inaccurate form of…

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• The common data quality problem in healthcare performance measurement is: First, the lack of knowledge about the purpose of healthcare performance measurement. The purpose is to: - Assessment of current performance: need to find out the strength and weakness of current process - Demonstration and verification of performance improvement: evaluate and compare whether the improvement had made any difference. - Control of performance (Joshi, Ransom, Nash, & Ransom, 2014, p.135) Second, the…