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Capabilitarian Account of Well-Being

I aim to show that standard taxonomy of well-being theories in philosophy neglects important aspects of well-being and as such cannot give full account of the nature of well-being. First, it makes harsh distinction between objective and subjective accounts of well-being and does not provide useful normative framework for scientific researches. Second, it neglects relationship between personal well-being and society and the ways in which notion of well-being can be understood as depending on political institutions related to the distribution of goods necessary for achievement of personal well-being and the relations among citizens. Therefore, I propose an account of well- being based on capability approach that can solve the problem of empirical applicability and be useful for policy making.

capabilities, well-being, hybrid theory, deliberative desire, Martha Nussbaum

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