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What does the capabilities approach analyze in terms of?
What does the capabilities approach analyze in terms of?
- Quality of life and happiness
- Functioning and capability (correct)
- Wealth of resources and subjective well-being
- Freedom and wealth accumulation
According to Sen, what is the correct approach to assessing how well people are doing?
According to Sen, what is the correct approach to assessing how well people are doing?
- Their social status
- Their subjective well-being
- Their ability to live a life that we have reason to value (correct)
- Their wealth of resources
What makes assessing capability more information-demanding than other accounts of advantage?
What makes assessing capability more information-demanding than other accounts of advantage?
- It focuses solely on wealth accumulation
- It disregards subjective well-being
- It has a much broader view of what constitutes the achievement of well-being (correct)
- It emphasizes social status
What does the capabilities approach attempt to assess?
What does the capabilities approach attempt to assess?
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What does Sen argue is important in assessing how well people perform in terms of capacity?
What does Sen argue is important in assessing how well people perform in terms of capacity?
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