Nussbaum as a Liberal Feminist Flashcards
What are the three measures of “The Gender Empowerment Measure”?
Economic participation
Political Participation
Power over economic resources
What does Utilitriasim mean?
The morality that advocates for actions that foster happiness and pleasure over unhappiness and harm.
What poses obstacles to women’s health based on social traditions?
Traditions painting women as less equal/important than men make it seem as though women are less deserving of fundamental rights
What does portraying women as less deserving of fundamental rights perpetuate?
It perpetuates injustice towards women
What do academic relativists defend?
Embedded ways of life.
What do relativists believe is insufficiently respectful of cultural differences
Creating a list of fundamental human characteristics.
What are some valid proponents of the liberal opposition to this fundamental list of human characteristics? (Not in course)
Prejudicial Applications:
Narrow Definitions of Humanity
Exclusion of the Powerless
Philosophical and Ethical Implications
What is Sen’s capability measure?
A philosophical paradigm that concerns itself with the observation and analysis of development and how capable individuals are that can live lives they value.
What does Nussbaum hate?
Postmodern feminism
What are basic capabilities?
general activities performed by humans that seem definitive of
a basic human flourishing
What decisions do universalist communities not have to choose from?
Embedded life in community and extreme individual
What is anti-essentialism?
A philosophy that goes against the idea that all things have an inherent set of qualities attributes or traits
What is relativism?
A theory that implies all opinions or thoughts are valid and that things such as right and wrong are just relative to the persepctive of a group, culture or an individual
Why does Sens capability approach not seem feasible in an era of neoliberalism?
The capability approach focuses on the standard of living and development while neoliberalism centers on individuals and market institutions
