Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice The Capability Approach Re-Examined, 2017a
Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice The Capability Approach Re-Examined, 2017a
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32 <strong>Wellbeing</strong>, <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Justice</strong><br />
<br />
Epistemic goal Methodology/discipline<br />
Role of functionings <strong>and</strong><br />
capabilities<br />
Normative theories (of<br />
particular values), e.g. theories<br />
of justice, human rights,<br />
wellbeing, sustainability,<br />
efficiency, etc.<br />
Philosophy, in particular<br />
ethics <strong>and</strong> normative political<br />
philosophy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> metric/currency in the<br />
interpersonal comparisons of<br />
advantage that are entailed<br />
in the value that is being<br />
analysed.<br />
Normative applied analysis,<br />
including policy design.<br />
Applied ethics (e.g. medical<br />
ethics, bio-ethics, economic<br />
ethics, development ethics<br />
etc.) <strong>and</strong> normative str<strong>and</strong>s in<br />
the social sciences.<br />
A metric of individual<br />
advantage that is part of the<br />
applied normative analysis.<br />
Welfare/quality of life<br />
measurement.<br />
Quantitative empirical str<strong>and</strong>s<br />
within various social sciences.<br />
<strong>Social</strong> indicators.<br />
Thick description/descriptive<br />
analysis.<br />
Underst<strong>and</strong>ing the nature<br />
of certain ideas, practices,<br />
notions (other than the values<br />
in the normative theories).<br />
Qualitative empirical str<strong>and</strong>s<br />
within various humanities<br />
<strong>and</strong> social sciences.<br />
Conceptual analysis.<br />
Elements of a narrative.<br />
Used as part of the<br />
conceptualisation of the idea<br />
or notion.<br />
[Other goals?] [Other methods?] [Other roles?]<br />
Source: Robeyns (2005a), exp<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> updated.<br />
Examples<br />
Sen 1993b; An<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Sen 1994;<br />
Crabtree 2012, 2013; Lessmann<br />
<strong>and</strong> Rauschmayer 2013; Robeyns<br />
2016c; Nussbaum 1992, 1997;<br />
Nussbaum 2000; Nussbaum<br />
2006b; Wolff <strong>and</strong> De-Shalit 2007.<br />
Alkire 2002; Robeyns 2003;<br />
Canoy, Lerais <strong>and</strong> Schokkaert<br />
2010; Holl<strong>and</strong> 2014; Ibrahim<br />
2017.<br />
Kynch <strong>and</strong> Sen 1983; Sen<br />
1985a; Kuklys 2005; Alkire <strong>and</strong><br />
Foster 2011; Alkire et al. 2015;<br />
Chiappero-Martinetti 2000.<br />
Unterhalter 2003b; Conradie<br />
2013.<br />
Sen 1993b; Robeyns 2006c;<br />
Wigley <strong>and</strong> Akkoyunlu-Wigley<br />
2006; van Hees 2013.<br />
[Other studies may be available/<br />
are needed.]