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Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. Call for Submissions: International Workshop on Empowerment, capacity and capability (Berlin)

    …el Cefaï (EHESS-WIKO): cefai@ehess.fr Roberto Frega (CNRS): fregarob@gmail.com Bénédicte Zimmerman (EHESS-WIKO): benedicte.zimmermann@ehess.fr The Wissenschaftskolleg, the CNRS and the EHESS jointly organize an international workshop devoted to the contribution of pragmatism to capability studies from both a philosophical and a social sciences perspective. The concept of capability has taken on growing importance in the past decades. Initially…

  2. Technology, Innovation & Design Intro

    …n likewise empower people and open networks that enable people to pursue a common mission. Other products and innovations are more questionable in capability terms: do chemical weapons or, less dramatically, hydrogenated fats offer any expansion of the freedoms people have reason to value? And what about new organization and networks that primarily aim to marginalize or even exclude others? Clearly, there is a need for careful ethical analysis. Th…

  3. NEW BOOK: Sustainability, Capabilities and Human Security

    …Editor: Crabtree, Andrew Copyright: 2020 Evaluates the capability of humans to simultaneously develop and achieve sustainability Applies theory to scientific, social, and policy structures, including ecology, ethics, and the Sustainable Development Goals Challenges existing literature to consider human rights in discussion with sustainable development More information: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030389048#aboutBook…

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