Question 1

What is the best book to start with?

Accepted Answer

Creating Capabilities, the opening and the chapter that states the list. You see the question and the commitments the question is hiding if it stays a slogan.

Question 2

What is the most famous quote?

Accepted Answer

This library does not measure fame, and it does not rank lines by how often they are shared. The first line it files for Martha Nussbaum that is not marked Questionable or Misattributed is “The key question to ask is what a person is able to do and to be, not only what resources they hold.” (Creating Capabilities (2011), a statement of the approach, Summary).

Question 3

What is the most misquoted line?

Accepted Answer

None of the lines this library files for Martha Nussbaum is marked Misattributed or Questionable. That is a fact about these cards, not a certificate that every popular sentence is theirs.

Question 4

What is one key idea, in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Capabilities: Real freedoms to do and be, not resources alone.