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Human Rights and Capabilities

Sen, Amartya·2005·Journal of Human Development

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The two concepts — human rights and capabilities — go well with each other, so long as we do not try to subsume either concept entirely within the territory of the other. There are many human rights that can be seen as rights to particular capabilities. However, human rights to important process freedoms cannot be adequately analysed within the capability framework. Furthermore, both human rights and capabilities have to depend on the process of public reasoning. The methodology of public scrutiny draws on Rawlsian understanding of ‘objectivity’ in ethics, but the impartiality that is needed cannot be confined within the borders of a nation. Public reasoning without territorial confinement is important for both.

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“perhaps is the key link between capabilities and inclusive growth; it brings to the centre-ground the need for community voice and ‘public reasoning’ in determining what a successful or good development would entail (Sen, 2005).”
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“…“my own reluctance to join the search for ... a canonical list [of capabilities] arises partly from my difficulty in seeing how the exact lists and weights [of capabilities] would be chosen without appropriate specification of the context of their use (which could vary) ...” (Sen, 2005:157).”
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“Capabilities represent the potential options available to a person to be or to do what he or she has reason to value (Sen, 2005).”
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Authors: Sen, A.
Corresponding author: Sen, Amartya
ORCID: Sen, Amartya
Venue: Journal of Human Development
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2005-07
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Pages: 151-166
ISSN: 1464-9888 (ISSN-L)
1469-9516
DOI: 10.1080/14649880500120491
OpenAlex: W2096196718
Semantic Scholar: 311a84649880fb6eb22f842a46b1f98bee415a2a
Cited by: 1,966
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 83 · 2025: 113 · 2024: 147 · 2023: 131 · 2022: 158 · 2021: 157 · 2020: 187 · 2019: 142 · 2018: 132 · 2017: 110 · 2016: 107 · 2015: 85 · 2014: 95 · 2013: 90 · 2012: 53
FWCI: 103.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Human Development (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: Università degli Studi di Pavia
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Human Rights and Development
Social Sciences › Law › Legal Rights and Human Rights
Keywords: human rights, capability approach, John Rawls, public reasoning, impartial spectator

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