@article{Reconstruction:1851,
      recid = {1851},
      author = {Dale-Ferguson, Darryl Scott},
      title = {Capable Agents and Just Institutions: A Reconstruction of  Paul Ricoeur's "Ethical Aim" Using Anthony Giddens' Theory  of Structuration},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {Ph.D.},
      address = {2019-06},
      pages = {279},
      abstract = {This dissertation aims at greater justice in society by  addressing questions of moral and institutional existence.  In particular, this work focuses on the contributions to  ethical thought made by the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur.  Ricoeur’s “ethical aim” makes the just institution a  central component of the ethical life. By appealing to key  elements in the theory of structuration developed by  Anthony Giddens, I will restructure Ricoeur’s initial  “ethical aim” around the idea that institutions are  constituted by practices carried out by individual actors.  This restructuring will bring to the fore the capabilities  that individuals have, based on numerous contingent factors  that bear consideration in attempts at creating just  institutions. Further applying Anthony Giddens social  theory to Ricoeur’s ethical aim, I will argue for the  institutional ordering of resources according to the  capabilities of agents. The just institution will be shown  to be the one that provides resources first to those of  most limited capability.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1851},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.1851},
}