PHIL 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bodily Integrity, Reproductive Health, Reall
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So she doesn"t see wellbeing as a direct measurement of oppression in society. If you lack wellbeing, therefore you are oppressed this is not the case. What she thinks: whether or not these inequalities are created, or enforced, by a lack of capability is the evidence of whether or not there is oppression. Capabilities approach: compared to other approaches, this one is more considerate of social and cultural factors. Many approaches tend to look at how countries are developing, will simply take gdp as a measurement of development. Not accurate; could have high gdp, but low development in many areas of country. Could still hide the underdeveloped oppressive strategies of families. If we interview one family then interview them again 10 years from now, this is still kind of problematic. Again, people"s preferences are really their own, in a way that they have sort of been freely developed, through taking this western model .
