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The Capabilities Approach as an educational point of view A basic argument of our paper is that the capabilities approach elaborates an educational perspective. It contains a conception of justice based on considerations which come close to the German notion of Bildung.
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Andresen, S., Otto, HU., Ziegler, H. (2008). Bildung as Human Development: An educational view on the Capabilities Approach. In: Otto, HU., Ziegler, H. (eds) Capabilities — Handlungsbefähigung und Verwirklichungschancen in der Erziehungswissenschaft. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90922-6_10
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