Libertarian paternalism and the capability approach. Friends or foes?
This paper compares the capability approach (CA) and libertarian paternalism (LP) to see whether they are compatible. The comparison focuses on rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The main theoretical framework is Sen’s ‘reason to value’ (RtV). The relevance of this to CA, and LP is analysed, and w...
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| description | This paper compares the capability approach (CA) and libertarian paternalism (LP) to see whether they are compatible. The
comparison focuses on rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The main theoretical framework is Sen’s ‘reason to value’ (RtV).
The relevance of this to CA, and LP is analysed, and whether the primacy that CA and LP both accord to reason leads to paternalism
is examined. Although the principal focus is on Sen’s, Sunstein’s and Thaler’s original ideas, their key concepts are
analysed in the context of the contemporary critical literature on the topic. This critical analysis not only makes it possible to
assess whether CA and LP are compatible, but also to see how they perceive rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The critical
analysis further differentiates the various interpretations of RtV in the literature and explains how CA and LP function. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-313c76429f4646f896be40d39cb608fc2025-08-20T02:39:50ZengPolish Economic SocietyEkonomista0013-32052299-61842024-12-01445648210.52335/ekon/188776188776Libertarian paternalism and the capability approach. Friends or foes?Aleksander Ostapiuk0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-1938Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, PolskaThis paper compares the capability approach (CA) and libertarian paternalism (LP) to see whether they are compatible. The comparison focuses on rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The main theoretical framework is Sen’s ‘reason to value’ (RtV). The relevance of this to CA, and LP is analysed, and whether the primacy that CA and LP both accord to reason leads to paternalism is examined. Although the principal focus is on Sen’s, Sunstein’s and Thaler’s original ideas, their key concepts are analysed in the context of the contemporary critical literature on the topic. This critical analysis not only makes it possible to assess whether CA and LP are compatible, but also to see how they perceive rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The critical analysis further differentiates the various interpretations of RtV in the literature and explains how CA and LP function.https://ekonomista.pte.pl/Libertarian-paternalism-and-the-capability-napproach-Friends-or-foes-,188776,0,2.htmlfreedompaternalismcapability approach (ca)libertarian paternalismreason to value (rtv) |
| spellingShingle | Aleksander Ostapiuk Libertarian paternalism and the capability approach. Friends or foes? Ekonomista freedom paternalism capability approach (ca) libertarian paternalism reason to value (rtv) |
| title | Libertarian paternalism and the capability
approach. Friends or foes? |
| title_full | Libertarian paternalism and the capability
approach. Friends or foes? |
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approach. Friends or foes? |
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approach. Friends or foes? |
| title_short | Libertarian paternalism and the capability
approach. Friends or foes? |
| title_sort | libertarian paternalism and the capability approach friends or foes |
| topic | freedom paternalism capability approach (ca) libertarian paternalism reason to value (rtv) |
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