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The same resources can support different capabilities under different personal and social conditions.
Try the short introduction first, or bring equivalent reading experience. Obtain the specified text before beginning the longer reading.
Compare two people with the same income but different access to transport and care; explain what an income-only measure misses.
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Introduces the question and vocabulary used in the longer selected reading.
Amartya Sen · book
Introduction or preface and opening chapter. Record the edition and translator before reading.
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Find a copyDevelopment as Freedom. Social choice, capabilities and the evaluation of development. Distinguish resources from the real opportunities people have to use them.
Answer this question in your own words: Can equal resources leave people with unequal freedoms?
Name the claim, then explain why a reader might accept it.
The same resources can support different capabilities under different personal and social conditions.
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Common mistake: Summarising a biography instead of explaining the argument.
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Amartya Sen · book
Locate two passages about “Can equal resources leave people with unequal freedoms” using the contents or index. Record their chapter/section names in your notes; this route assigns selections, not the whole work.
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Find a copyDevelopment as Freedom. Social choice, capabilities and the evaluation of development. Distinguish resources from the real opportunities people have to use them.
What would make your activity a convincing example?
Compare two people with the same income but different access to transport and care; explain what an income-only measure misses.
A useful response carries out the task: Compare two people with the same income but different access to transport and care; explain what an income-only measure misses. It records the observation or passage used and explains how it bears on the question.
What to look for
Common mistake: Presenting an opinion without showing the example it rests on.
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What is one conclusion this reading does not establish?
Test the boundary: A capability comparison must explain which freedoms matter and how they are assessed.
A capability comparison must explain which freedoms matter and how they are assessed.
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Common mistake: Treating a useful interpretation as an unrestricted fact.
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Background, different viewpoints, and further reading.
Social choice, capabilities and the evaluation of development. Distinguish resources from the real opportunities people have to use them.
Introduction or preface and opening chapter. Record the edition and translator before reading.