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Efthimios Mariakakis Professor Leonard 4/3/01 A pregnant woman chooses to give birth in her own home rather than in the hospital. Another woman has to stumble down a mile of a rocky hillside to get medical attention. Another woman has to borrow money from her neighbors, putting her family in debt, all to pay for the care of a doctor. This is happening in China. It is happening in many other nations as well. Women, children, …

…is made up of individuals, and it is to those individuals that the state should ultimately be responsible, including the women. While the capabilities approach takes a p! redominantly feminist view of development, I feel it is justified by the results the approach brings about. The adoption of “the principle of each person’s capability, based upon the principle of each person as an end,” is the approach that should be rightfully taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**