Nussbaum’s capabilities

The paper should be 4-6 pages typed, double-spaced and in MLA format with works cited.

In Sex and Social Justice, Martha Nussbaum presents us with a list of human capabilities that she insists

“ought” to be our political goals. She emphasizes the importance of “practical reason, as a good that both

suffuses all the other functions, making them human rather than animal, and figures, itself, as a central

function on the list.” She also insists that “a life that lacks any one of these capabilities, no matter what

else it has, will fall short of being a good human life.”