The Capability Approach, Corona Virus, and Freedom with Prof. Jonathan Wolff

My guest today is the philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff. Jonathan is the Alfred Landecker professor of values and public policy at the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government. We cover: * The Capability Approach * Global justice and the nation-state * The difficulties of translating philosophy into policy * Balancing Life & Liberty in the context of the corona virus, and; * Universities in a post-covid world Shownotes ( www.samhbarton.com/podcast/the-capability-approach-corona-virus-and-freedom-with-prof-jonathan-wolff ) ----- Links ----- * Jonathan on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/JoWolffBSG ) * Jonathan's Website ( https://jonathanwolff.wordpress.com/ ) * Jonathan's Faculty Page ( https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/jonathan-wolff ) * An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation ( https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6509/1309 ) * The Divide by Jason Hickel ( https://www.jasonhickel.org/the-divide ) * Amartya Sen ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amartya_Sen ) * Ethics and Public Policy book ( https://www.notion.so/v-58ff918a904f4dbf99bdf8b6e2ea2d63 ) * Disadvantage Book ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SMZO2E/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4 ) * Introduction to Political Philosophy ( https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Political-Philosophy-Jonathan-University/dp/0199658013 ) * Introduction to Moral Philosophy ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393923592/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 ) * Rawls' Theory of Justice ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TXT09C/ref=dp_olp_1 ) * Creating Capabilities ( https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Capabilities-Human-Development-Approach/dp/0674072359 ) * Development as Freedom ( https://www.amazon.com.au/Development-Freedom-Amartya-Kumar-Sen/dp/0385720270 ) * Jonathan in the Guardian ( https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathanwolff ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/talk-of-today/donations