Naslov
Well-Being and Capabilities

Autori
Gavran Miloš, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
10 European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 10)

Mjesto i datum
Utrecht, Nizozemska, 24.08.2020. - 28.08.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
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Ključne riječi
well-being, list of capabilities, practical reason, deliberative desire

Sažetak
I argue in favour of Nussbaum's earlier work where the list of capabilities is established as a “thick-vague theory good“, thus providing us with objective standards of good human life. Second, among the architectonic capabilities Nussbaum’s emphasises practical reason (the second one is affiliation) as a capability that enables us to engage in critical reflection about the planning of our life and to choose a particular conception of how a life should be lived. Since practical reason operates upon the notions of choice, desire and deliberation, I argue that it captures subjective aspect of well-being. Namely, I propose that subjective engagement should be understood as Aristotelian understanding of deliberative desire (in contrast to informed desires) as desire for what is possible or what is in the power of an agent to do or not to do. The result, in my view, is a hybrid theory of well-being that consists of objective value (achievement of the central capabilities that constitute human flourishing) and subjective engagement with that value as a result of agent’s deliberative desires and choices that shapes an agent’s own conception of well- functioning. Therefore, I argue, the theory is both normatively and descriptively adequate.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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