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One Humanity, Many Consciousnesses: Unresolved Issues in Nussbaum's New Frontiers of Justice
Author(s) -
Truong ThanhDam
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00522.x
Subject(s) - humanity , compassion , economic justice , sociology , global justice , environmental ethics , epistemology , diversity (politics) , universal law , law and economics , political science , law , philosophy , anthropology
Taking the work of Martha Nussbaum as one point of departure, this contribution addresses three questions related to capabilities theory: how it can reconcile its pursuit of universal ethical principles with a world of diversity; whether it can liberate itself from neoliberal discourse; and whether it can deal with compassion and care. The challenge for global justice is to gain universal acceptance through dialogue and mutual transformation between paradigms. This requires a modification of Eurocentric orientations in moral reasoning to overcome differences of epistemic practices.