Martha C. Nussbaum - Another Approach for the Defense of the Human Being and the Human Rights of Women

Abstract

This paper confronts the advantages and disadvantages of Nussbaum´s theory in seeking equality for women. Nussbaum under- stands that people in general and women in par- ticular have a number of common capabilities because they are  ends in themselves . You can not treat another person as a mere object, and this deserves a cross-cultural consensus on what is the human being. The universal concept of the subject that she offers, based on a minimum common to all, open to dialogue and political consensus, is very interesting. However, we can not forget other approaches like the discourse of rights.