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name: thinker-martha-nussbaum
description: Apply the Martha Nussbaum: Capabilities and the Grain article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Martha Nussbaum: Capabilities and the Grain

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/thinker-martha-nussbaum). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-martha-nussbaum.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-martha-nussbaum/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What Nussbaum Saw Martha Nussbaum developed the capabilities approach with Amartya Sen. The approach focuses on what people can actually do and be. It measures justice by real opportunities rather than resources or utility alone. Core resul

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-martha-nussbaum
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-martha-nussbaum
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-martha-nussbaum/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-martha-nussbaum/revisions