 Working from an Anglo-American liberal tradition, Martha Nussbaum has raised questions similar to those that Allen, Benhabib, Fraser and Weir raise about a post-structuralist feminism. Indeed, she thinks the latter is irretrievably self-involved and needs to be rejected in favor of the kind of theoretical and practical work that can end oppressive practices and institutions (1999a). Her own starting point is what she calls the “capabilities approach,” an approach that is rooted in “respect for the dignity of persons as choosers” (2000, 71–2) and that asks what individuals within a given society are able to do and to be – what their capabilities or freedoms are. Following Rawls here Nussbaum focuses on the distribution of resources and opportunities within a country or political entity. Like Amartya Sen, she adds to Rawls’ view, first, the question of what individuals’ needs for resources are and, second, the question of how they are able to convert these resources into human functionings (1999, 34). By human functionings, Nussbaum means the realization of one or more capability – the enjoyment of good health, for example. She is interested in both the basic functionings, without which we would not regard a life as human or fully human, and the less basic functionings, without which we would not regard a human life as flourishing.