Naslov
Mid-level theories of wellbeing: capabilitarian account)

Autori
Gavran Miloš, Ana

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Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Workshop on Welfare

Mjesto i datum
Saarbrücken, Njemačka, 23.06.2022. - 24.06.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
well-being, mid-level theory, Alexandrova
(well-being, mid-level theory, Alexandrova, Robeyns)

Sažetak
In this paper I focus on one of the most promising contextualist well- being accounts developed by Robeyns within capabilitarian framework. Robeyns argues that the advantages of the capabilitarian account of well-being are that it is sensitive to different contexts, allows for pluralism and multidimensionality, but also provides useful guidance for social scientists and policy makers. In spite of its attractiveness, I discuss certain problems with Robeyns’ account, namely that as a philosophical theory it lacks normative and descriptive adequacy. Therefore, I propose a different, more substantive capabilitarian account of well-being, based on Nussbaum’s list of capabilities that keeps advantages of Robeyns’ account but is also normatively and descriptively adequate.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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