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Is the Capability Approach Compatible With the Unconditional Basic Income?
Rajão, Hugo
2022
Abstract
This paper argues that the most effective way to distribute capabilities, as part of a capabilitybased theory of justice, involves the implementation of an unconditional basic income. On the one hand, unconditional access to the means – external conditions – required by capabilities has a positive impact on capabilities’ robustness and security. On the other hand, income, as an external condition, enhances at least three important aspects in the distribution of capabilities: (1) it enhances the multiple realisability of capabilities; (2) it allows for changes across time in the sources of variation that affect the conversion of means into capabilities; and (3) it increases the effectiveness of other external conditions with which income is combined.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Hugo Rajão, "Is the Capability Approach Compatible With the Unconditional Basic Income?" in: "Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics (2022) XXIV/1", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2022, pp. 409-428
Languages
en
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internazionale
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