A theory of justice?

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A society owes every member a decent minimum of the ten capabilities — a better measure than wealth or happiness.

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A country's average wealth can rise while real individuals stay poor and unfree — GDP hides the people left out.

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Happiness uses an average that can hide a suffering minority — and 'happy' people may simply have been taught to expect nothing.

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Wanting less because you've been taught to expect less — so a deprived person can report contentment and the injustice hides.

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That a Western philosopher writing one list of 'the good life' imposes her culture's values on others who see things differently.

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The list is general (each culture fills it in), aims at freedom not forced functioning, and was built by listening across cultures.

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It would stop you criticising real injustices like denying girls school — which most people do want to call unjust.

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Open-book, 1 hour: (a) explain a concept [10] and (b) evaluate a claim [15]; quote the text to support your points.