Rutger Claassen, Professor of Political Philosophy and Economic Ethics at Utrecht University, specializes in the intersection of politics, economics, and ethics. His research, funded by prestigious grants from the European Research Council and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, focuses on the societal role and legitimacy of business corporations and the relationship between private property and political power in liberal-democratic societies. Claassen advocates for a version of the capability approach, emphasizing personal development over material resources for socio-economic justice. His work has been published in esteeme…

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