Description
This influential work challenges traditional social-contract theories of justice for excluding people with disabilities, those born outside national borders, and nonhuman animals from full consideration. Drawing on and revising the work of John Rawls, it develops the capabilities approach, arguing that justice should focus on securing each being’s genuine opportunities to live a dignified and flourishing life. With philosophical rigor and moral urgency, the book examines questions of equality, human dignity, global responsibility, dependence, and our obligations to other species. It offers a far-reaching framework for rethinking the boundaries of political community and the demands of liberal justice.
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paperback
Belknap Press
Published Apr 30, 2007
512 pages
ISBN: 9780674024106
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First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Frontiers of Justice by Martha Nussbaum.