Objective: In this paper, I will discuss our conceptual understanding of the notion of “capacity”.
Design: I will outline the philosophical underpinnings to the notion, which I shall characterize as an ability involving practical know-how: an ability to participate in the relevant and particular sphere of facts and value-laden acts of the human world.
Results: I will highlight the clinical and legal implications of this view of capacity. I hope that this will relate back to the earlier papers in the symposium.
Conclusion: Of central importance is the need to take a broad view of “capacity”, from the situated perspective of the individual person, paying attention to values as well as to facts.
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