Justice theory must extend capabilities to groups, not just individuals

Evidence

So the ongoing capabilities of groups themselves are essential. They provide the necessary environment within which individual capabilities can thrive—without strong groups, community, empowerment, relationships, affiliation, and participation would be diminished. … It is not simply that groups provide individual capabilities; rather, group capabilities and group functioning are absolutely necessary to this conception of justice. It is fully reasonable to extend a theory of justice, of capabilities and functioning, to groups themselves, in addition to individuals. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 160

Categorization

• XREF: Builds directly toward the three-part typology the reader is extracting across the polyad — group capability is what recognition/procedural justice protects. — connects to: Individual capabilities are often only realized within groups — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 156; Group-driven recognition struggles retool liberal self-rule at the level of the group — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 155; Political theorists have reduced justice almost exclusively to distribution — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 54 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Justice can attach to viable populations of species rather than to individuals #expands (0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 395
• Collective action rather than individual effort defines justice. #corroborates (0.82)
• Participatory justice links individual empowerment to collective achievement rather than liberal individualism #corroborates (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 254
• Distributive-only justice theory fails to address recognition and capability concerns #complicates (0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 415
• Formal legal equality cannot deliver justice without social equality #corroborates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 958
• Procedural justice research focuses on individual-authority exchange, not group-level justice #corroborates (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2328