MARTHA NUSSBAUM's CAPABILITIES APPROACH in 'Creating Capabilities' (2011) identifies a list of:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. MARTHA NUSSBAUM, with AMARTYA SEN, developed the CAPABILITIES APPROACH (or 'human development approach').
2. NUSSBAUM differs from SEN by proposing a FIXED LIST of 10 CENTRAL HUMAN CAPABILITIES:
3. (1) LIFE — being able to live a normal life span;
4. (2) BODILY HEALTH — adequate food, shelter, health;
5. (3) BODILY INTEGRITY — secure against assault, free movement;
6. (4) SENSES, IMAGINATION, THOUGHT — including education and creative expression;
7. (5) EMOTIONS — emotional attachments without fear;
8. (6) PRACTICAL REASON — forming a conception of good and life plan;
9. (7) AFFILIATION — social interaction; non-discrimination;
10. (8) OTHER SPECIES — concern for animals, plants, nature;
11. (9) PLAY — recreation and enjoyment;
12. (10) CONTROL OVER ENVIRONMENT — POLITICAL (participation, free speech, assembly) and MATERIAL (property, employment).
13. INFLUENCE: human development indices, women's rights advocacy, constitutional litigation.
14. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Martha Nussbaum, 'Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach' (2011)_
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