A weakness of the capability approach with respect to gender justice

Mozaffar Qizilbash ()

Journal of International Development, 1997, vol. 9, issue 2, 251-262

Abstract: This paper is concerned with certain ways in which people adjust to deprivation. Capability egalitarians cite cases where people adjust to deprivation by adapting their preferences to discredit welfarist egalitarianism. I argue that this phenomenon is an example of a larger set of cases, where people adjust their abilities and dispositions in the face of deprivation: I term such abilities and dispositions 'compensating abilities'. When these develop, I argue that equality of capability is unjust. This is particularly true in the context of gender injustice. Such cases lead us to look to some notion of expected well-being as a crucial egalitarian currency. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199703)9:2<251::AID-JID437>3.0.CO;2-Q

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