From Contracts to Capabilities and Back Again |
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| Authors: | Tony Fitzpatrick |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Nottingham University, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK |
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| Abstract: | It has been common for researchers and commentators within the discipline of Social and Public Policy to evoke Rawlsian theories
of justice. Yet some now argue that the contractualist tradition cannot adequately incorporate, or account for, relations
of care, respect and interdependency. Though contractualism has its flaws this article proposes that we should not reject
it. Through a critique of one of its most esteemed critics, Martha Nussbaum, it proposes that contractualism can be defended
against the capabilities approach she prefers. The article concludes by suggesting how and why the moral philosophy of Thomas
Scanlon offers a basis for reconciling the strengths of a contractualist, egalitarian liberalism with those of Nussbaum’s
capabilities approach.
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| Keywords: | Nussbaum Rawls Capabilities Contractualism Scanlon |
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