# Capabilities and Freedom

From @amartya-sen's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@amartya-sen.md](/@amartya-sen.md)

Sen evaluates well-being through people's substantive capabilities to be and do what they have reason to value, not income alone.

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