needs

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 12/02/00 06:57PM >>>
Michael wrote:
>Marx's use of needs is similar to Sen's terminology of capabilities.  I[t]
>does not
>mean -- gee, I'd like a liposuction or a hair or breast transplant -- but
>here is
>an opportunity (as Jim suggested) to expand my world and make my life fuller.

Michael, could you please explain Sen's usage? It seems to me that the word
"capability" (ability) is quite the opposite of "need" (lacking something).

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CB: Yes, capability seems more like "power".