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3. 1. Introduction
2. Claims for Justice in Growth & Degrowth
i. Growth as a condition for justice
ii. Growth as a threat for justice
3. Approaches to Justice:
i. Welfarism
ii. Resourcism
iii. Capabilities-Approach
4. Growth, Degrowth & Justice
5. Conclusion
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6. • Self-reported Happiness ≠ qualitiy of Life
• Several motives to action – happiness ≠ ultimate goal (Sen)
• The problem of adaptive preferences (Sen + Nussbaum; HDCA)
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7. • concerned with good things rather than with what these good things do
to human beings (Sen)
• it underplays the heterogeneity of human wellbeing (Sen)
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12. What is a
‘Good Life?’
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