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| Life: Life is the state of being characterized by growth, metabolism, homeostasis, adaptation, reproduction, and response to stimuli. Living organisms are made up of cells, which are the basic units of life._____________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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Amartya Sen on Life - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 200f Life/Sen/Nussbaum: What is a fulfilled life is examined by the "capability approach" of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. >Life/Nussbaum. NussbaumVsDistributive Justice/SenVsDistributive Justice: With its focus on practical lifestyles, the empowerment approach criticizes classical theories of justice, which ask about the distribution of rights, duties, freedoms, financial and material goods, but do not problematize whether and to what extent persons can make use of these rights and financial and material goods at all. The question is whether people are able to use goods and rights at all through education or social skills. A good life is not significantly defined by financial or material aspects. It is about good and meaningful work, health, resilient social relationships or education.(1) VsSen/VsNussbaum: the approach of Nussbaum and Sen has to deal with the accusation of essentialism and paternalism. Shifting the focus to a good and fulfilled life entails the danger of tipping over into normative prescriptions. Problem: the idea of a good life is shaped by a certain culturally dependent model, but at the same time should be made culturally binding.(2)(3) SenVsVs/NussbaumVsVs: Representatives of the capability approach counter that it is not the modes of operation as such that are the good to be promoted, but the instrumental and constitutive freedoms that increase freedom of choice with regard to the form of life. (4) >M. Nussbaum. 1. Martha Nussbaum, Gerechtigkeit oder Das gute Leben. Frankfurt a. M. 1999, S 200ff. 2. Christiane Scherer, Das menschliche und das gute menschliche Leben. Martha Nussbaum über Essentialismus und menschliche Fähigkeiten. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 41, (5) 1993, S. 905-920. 3. Wolfgang Kersting, Gerechtigkeitstheorien. In Studienbuch Politikwissenschaft, Hrsg. Manfred G. Schmidt, Frieder Wolf und Stefan Wurster, Wiesbaden 2013 S. 131-159. 4. Otto, Hans-Uwe, und Holger Ziegler, Der Capabilities-Ansatz als neue Orientierung in der Erziehungswissenschaft. In Capabilities – Handlungsbefähigung und Verwirklichungschancen in der Erziehungswissenschaft, Hrsg. Hans-Uwe Otto und Holger Ziegler, Wiesbaden 2010, S. 9-13._____________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. |
EconSen I Amartya Sen Collective Choice and Social Welfare: Expanded Edition London 2017 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19