ABSTRACT Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach (CA) offers a framework for a universal conception of human development. This paper interrogates Nussbaum’s approach using African environmental ethics (AEE) to see if it captures African ways of valuing nature. It looks at two ways in which Nussbaum’s approach considers the value of the natural environment: a) by applying her list of capabilities to non-human animals and b) by including, what is here termed, an environmental capability in Nussbaum's list of ten central capabilities she deems necessary for a person to flourish. The author argues that, despite limitations and need for further exploration, the second way of ‘environment capability’ aligns well with how nature is valued in AEE. The author also shows that both Nussbaum and AEE value nature in a way that, while not necessarily intrinsic, goes beyond material instrumentality and opens avenues for further discussion of the capabilities approach in traditional value systems

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努斯鲍姆（Nussbaum）的能力方针和非洲环境伦理：听到非洲的声音了吗？

摘要玛莎·努斯鲍姆（Martha Nussbaum）的能力方法（CA）为人类发展的普遍概念提供了框架。本文通过使用非洲环境伦理学（AEE）来审视Nussbaum的方法，以了解它是否抓住了非洲人珍视自然的方式。它探讨了努斯鲍姆方法考虑自然环境价值的两种方式：a）通过将其能力列表应用于非人类动物，以及b）在努斯鲍姆的十个主要城市列表中包括环境能力（此处称为“环境能力”）她认为一个人蓬勃发展所需的能力。作者认为，尽管存在局限性和需要进一步探索，但“环境能力”的第二种方式与AEE中自然价值的评估方式非常吻合。作者还表明，努斯鲍姆（Nussbaum）和AEE都以以下方式重视自然：