That idea already puts us on the track of my Capabilities Approach, because that approach focuses on meaningful activities and on the conditions that make it possible for a creature to pursue those without damage or blockage. In other words, to lead a flourishing life. Unlike other approaches that focus narrowly on pain as the primary bad thing, this approach will focus on many different types of meaningful activity (including movement, communication, social bonding, and play), any of which can be blocked by the interference of others, and on many types of wrongful blocking activity, whether
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