Question
Martha Nussbaum drew on this thinker’s work to enumerate ten central human capabilities including bodily health and integrity. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this philosopher who proposed a “veil of ignorance” in which people choose a structure for society without any information of their place in it.
ANSWER: John Rawls [or John Bordley Rawls]
[10e] Nussbaum first listed those capabilities in a book titled for sex and this concept, which is equated to fairness in Rawls’ magnum opus. The “social” form of this concept aims for equality across gender, race, and ethnic divisions.
ANSWER: justice [accept social justice or distributive justice]
[10h] Nussbaum co-developed her capabilities approach with an economist from this country. A postcolonial critic from this country recounted a woman’s misinterpreted suicide in her essay ”Can the Subaltern Speak?”
ANSWER: India [or Republic of India or Bhārat Gaṇarājya] (Amartya Sen co-developed the capabilities approach. Gayatri Spivak wrote “Can the Subaltern Speak?”)
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 57% | 43% | 29% |
Data
| NYU A | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lehigh | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Swarthmore A | NYU C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton | University of Delaware B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rowan | Fordham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Delaware A | Swarthmore B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |