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| Rights: Rights in a society are the fundamental freedoms and entitlements that belong to every person, regardless of their race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. They are essential for human dignity and they enable people to live freely and participate in society. See also Human rights, Fundamental rights, Society, Justice, Jurisdiction, Law, Laws, Justice, Participation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Martha Nussbaum on Rights - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 903 Rights/NussbaumVsSen/Nussbaum: In contrast to Sen, who presents rights as a prerequisite for the formulation of needs, Nussbaum sees the advantages of her theory in starting from abilities and then deducing rights. >Capabilities/Nussbaum. Example: Development Policy/Nussbaum: in the context of international development policy, it is apparent, for instance with regard to property rights, that the outcome of Brocker I 904 capabilities, rather than rights, sharpens the focus on the particularly disadvantaged. The approach could, for example, legitimise special programmes to create opportunities and capabilities for these disadvantaged people, while the outcome of equal rights would at least make such special programmes more difficult.(1) The language of rights is often (erroneously) linked to the tradition of European enlightenment, which may provoke accusations of westernizing. 1. Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and Human Development. The Capabilities Approach, Cambridge 2000, p, 98f Sandra Seubert, „Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and Human Development (2000)“, in:Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20