Capabilities equality : basic issues and problems / edited by Alexander Kaufman.

First published in2006.Transferred to Digital Printing 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Alexander Kaufman -- Pt. I. A sufficientarian approach? -- 1. Distributive justice and basic capability equality : "good enough" is not good enough / Richard Arneson -- 2. Capabilities as fundamental entitlements : Sen and social justice / Martha C. Nussbaum -- 3. A sufficientarian approach? A note / Alexander Kaufman -- Pt. II. A clearly differentiated approach? -- 4. Capability verus opportunity for well-being / Peter Vallentyne -- 5. Capability and gender inequality / Timothy Hinton -- 6. What goods do to (and for) people : duality and ambiguity in Sen's capabilities approach? / Alexander Kaufman -- Pt. III. Issues in implementation -- 7. Public debate and value construction in Sen's approach / Sabina Alkire -- 8. Sen and deliberative democracy / David A. Crocker -- 9. Attending to nature : capabilities and the environment / Victoria Kamsler -- 10. Disability, capability, and thresholds for distributive justice / David Wasserman.

"In what sense should persons be judged to be equal or unequal as a matter of justice? The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer this important question." "While capabilities theory has avoided many of the conceptual difficulties that have undermined competing accounts of egalitarian justice, recent criticisms have raised questions regarding the focus, structure and justification of the theory. In this volume, leading scholars present new and original essays that address these controversies. The authors connect issues of egalitarian justice to practical political concerns, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the capabilities account of egalitarian justice and finally seek to realize real progress in the understanding of distributive justice." "This accessible volume will be essential reading for all scholars with an interest in distributive justice, and for students and researchers studying moral philosophy, social theory and political theory."--BOOK JACKET.