Rutger Claassen (The Netherlands Universiteit Utrecht)

Capabilities in a Just Society

A Theory of Navigational Agency

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Proposes a new philosophical theory of social justice, based on the idea that citizens in a just society are entitled to a set of core human capabilities. It argues that core capabilities are those that enable people to become 'navigational agents,' individuals who can navigate freely between different social practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781108473262
• ISBN-10: 1108473261
• Artikelnr.: 52414857

Autorenporträt

Rutger Claassen is Associate Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has published in journals such as British Journal of Political Science, Economics & Philosophy, European Journal of Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, and Politics, Philosophy & Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Positioning the Capability Approach In Political Theory: 1. Liberalism: combining perfectionism and neutrality
Part II. The Theory of Navigational Agency: 2. An agency-based capability theory of justice
3. Justifying the right to navigational agency
4. The distribution of capabilities
Part III. Three Sets of Basic Capabilities: 5. Empowerment capabilities and civil freedom
6. Subsistence capabilities and socio-economic justice
7. Political capabilities and democracy
Conclusion.