Amartya Sen from social mirror of freedom. Limits to Individual Capabilities Approach
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2016.74.3.038Keywords:
Counter-Capability, Freedom, Meta-Capability, Social CapabilityAbstract
This paper illustrates somehow aspect of the capabilities approach developed by the economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. Particularly it examines how the concept of freedom (as “opportunity”) reveals unable to empirically and normatively adjust to the notion of freedom as capability. From such categorical contradiction is introduced a set of unprecedented concepts that, gathered to the largest social dimension of freedom, allow releasing from such mismatch. Conclusions are focused on the emphasis of social environment as state that far from its recognized influence on individual capabilities has potentially enablers’ elements.
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