Freedom, justice, and rationality: The basic ethical concepts of the capabilities approach
This paper shows: (i) the capabilities approach as a real freedom perspective through the connections with the ethics of Aristotle and through its eleutheronomic foundation in Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant and Karl Marx; (ii) the contributions of the impartial spectator as open impartiality to the idea of justice; and (iii) a broader conception of rationality. Keywords: Aristotle, Smith, Kant, Marx, Rawls, Sen, freedom, justice, rationality, impartial spectator, capability, eleutheronomy, public reason, ethics.