Freedom, justice, and rationality: The basic ethical concepts of the capabilities approach

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  • Jesús M. Conill-Sancho Catedrático de Filosofía Moral de la Universidad de Valencia (España)

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https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2015.161.06

Abstract

This paper shows: (i) the capabilities approach as a real freedom perspective through the connections with the ethics of Aristotle and through its eleutheronomic foundation in Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant and Karl Marx; (ii) the contributions of the impartial spectator as open impartiality to the idea of justice; and (iii) a broader conception of rationality.

Keywords: Aristotle, Smith, Kant, Marx, Rawls, Sen, freedom, justice, rationality, impartial spectator, capability, eleutheronomy, public reason, ethics.

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Jesús M. Conill-Sancho, Catedrático de Filosofía Moral de la Universidad de Valencia (España)

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Published

2015-07-14

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CONILL-SANCHO, J. M. Freedom, justice, and rationality: The basic ethical concepts of the capabilities approach. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 16, n. 1, p. 83–98, 2015. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2015.161.06. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2015.161.06. Acesso em: 30 aug. 2025.

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015): January/April

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