Capability Approach's non epistemic values: An Aristotelian approach

CRESPO, RICARDO F.

Buenos Aires

Congreso; HDCA 2018 Conference; 2018

Human Development Capability Association

In this paper, I will maintain first, that Nussbaum?s list is not strictly Aristotelian and is, in effect, over-specified from an Aristotelian point of view. Then, I will do the work of looking for a list of capabilities extracted from Aristotle?s ethical writings. The result will be a short list of Aristotelian non-epistemic moral values associated with the capability approach. This short list facilitates the operationalization of practical reason and the capability approach. It overcomes the inexactness where it should be overcome and it respects it where it should be respected. It also respects the spirit of the Aristotelian conception of human fulfillment and Sen?s conception of human development.