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  • Philosophy
  • Public Health
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Global health disparities highlight the importance of capabilities.
  • Existing capability theories by Sen and Nussbaum lack a defined health component.
  • The precise relationship between health and capabilities remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conceptually clarify the relationship between health and capabilities.
  • To propose a multi-dimensional theory of health.
  • To analyze health's connection with Nussbaum's ten capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of health and capabilities.
  • Integration of health as a multi-dimensional phenomenon (basic abilities, subjective well-being, fundamental states/processes).
  • Examination of Nussbaum's ten capabilities through the proposed health framework.

Main Results:

  • Health is a necessary component of all ten capabilities.
  • Specific capabilities like thinking and practical reasoning inherently involve health.
  • Health is a prerequisite functioning for human flourishing, not a capability itself.

Conclusions:

  • A holistic, multi-dimensional view of health is crucial for understanding capabilities.
  • Health underpins the realization of human capabilities and flourishing.
  • Further research can integrate this health concept into capability frameworks.