Human Dignity as the Essence of Nussbaum's Ethics of Human Development

Martha C. Nussbaum, in the context of ancient philosophy, formulated ethics of human development based on 10 basic human capabilities (and opportunities) as a precondition of meaningful human development, i.e. the ability to live a dignified human life. The paper, thus, deals with a capabilities approach with the aim of analysing the content of the idea of human dignity in Nussbaum's understanding and its place in the conception of ethics of human development, since human dignity is the very core of the conception in question.