The capabilities approach and the education for human dignity
Abstract
This essay investigates some aspects about the capabilities approach developed by Martha Nussbaum. Criticizes the reductionist Gross Domestic Product (GDP) approach and the idea of education inherent to it. Presents, synthetically, the tripartite dimension of the capabilities approach, constituted by innate, internal and combined capabilities. In the sequence, it problematizes, based on that, the relationship between the tripartite dimension and the ten capabilities, paying especial attention to practical reason and affiliation. Finally, it reconstructs the notion of broad education, emphasizing its important role on the formation of democratic citizenship and showing, simultaneously, its indispensability for the progressive achievement of human dignity.
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