A virtue ethical approach to Public Policy: Promoting wellbeing through human capabilities.

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A virtue ethical approach to Public Policy: Promoting wellbeing through human capabilities.

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Victoria University of Wellington

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<b>The best way to achieve wellbeing in a society is to tailor our policy settings to human capabilities. To do this, we need to adopt a form of virtue theory and apply a framework to policy problems which targets people’s capabilities, bringing them up to a minimum standard of wellbeing.</b> Public policy should use distributive justice to deploy public goods to bring people up to a threshold of each capability. This is the bare minimum people need to live well. Justice should be balanced be...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2021

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McKeown, Eli

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_virtue_ethical_approach_to_Public_Policy_Promoting_wellbei...

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Human rights and justice issues (excl. law) / Applied ethics not elsewhere classified / Ethical theory / virtue ethics / public policy / capabilities approach / Aristotelian ethical theory / Aristotelian political theory / perfectionism / human dignity / School: School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations / Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified / Ethical Theory / Human Rights and Justice Issues / Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified / Degree Discipline: Philosophy / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts

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