MARTHA NUSSBAUM. THE CAPABILITY APPROACH: ETHICAL EMOTIONS AND JUSTICE FOR NON-HUMAN ANIMALS

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Elisa Goyenechea

We examine Martha Nussbaum’s Capability Approach (CA) as a theory of  justice and make explicit the conditions for a flourishing life. The thesis that guides the work is that the cognitive scope of affectivity, a subject dear to Nussbaum, allowed her  to theorize beyond the predominant ethics centered on men. «Ethical emotions» enable  the shift of CA and the recognition of rights in non-human animals. Wonder, Compassion  and Transition-Anger found a rudimentary idea of justice for non-human animals based  on CA.

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Nussbaum, capabilities, flourishing life, justice, animals

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Goyenechea, Elisa. “MARTHA NUSSBAUM. THE CAPABILITY APPROACH: ETHICAL EMOTIONS AND JUSTICE FOR NON-HUMAN ANIMALS”. CONVIVIUM, vol.VOL 36, pp. 77-100, doi:10.1344/conv36.730.45278.