Reprocessing the Indicators of Human Capabilities Development in the light of Imam Ali’s (peace be upon him) Order to Malek Ashtar

Abstract

In addition to give an introduction on capability approach, in this study, according to instructions of Imam Ali’s (peace be upon him) letter 53 of Nahj al-Balaghah, authors tried to considered effective range of indicators in human capabilities development. In order to data collection, the precious text of letter 53 of Nahj al-Balaghah as a source of information has been coded and analyzed using thematic analysis. The results include twelve sub-themes on this subject which are: the philosophy of governance, human agency of people, the divine authority of human, reforming public affairs as an inalienable right, multiple stockholders, motivation, respecting positive authority, justice, equity, developing health and economic opportunities, developing supportive opportunities and reclamation and reforming cities and towns; and five main themes which are: central phenomenon of human capabilities development, the casual and intermediary conditions in capabilities development, and their underlying conditions and final consequences. Finally, using the main and subsidiary themes, a framework has been proposed to develop the human capabilities approach