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Martha Nussbaum

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NameMartha Nussbaum
Birth date6 May 1947(age 63)
Birth placeNew York City
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interestsPolitical philosophy, Ethics
Notable ideasCapability approach
Feminism
Influenced byAristotle Stanley Cavell Catharine MacKinnon John Stuart Mill G. E. L. Owen John Rawls Amartya Sen Bernard Williams

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Martha Nussbaum (born Martha Craven on May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics.

Nussbaum, though not a lawyer, is currently Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, a chair that includes appointments in the Philosophy Department, the Law School, and the Divinity School. She also holds Associate appointments in Classics and Political Science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a Board Member of the Human Rights Program. She previously taught at Harvard and Brown where she held the rank of university professor.

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Democracy in humanities - The Daily Titan Tweet this news
The Daily Titan--The basis of this discussion centered on the book by -Martha Nussbaum-, Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, which was just recently published. ... - Date : Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:08:26 GMT+00:00
You are not a gadget: Ut Prosim and the possibility of democracy - Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Tweet this news
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times--Such an education, as -Martha Nussbaum- says, “equips a citizen for genuine choice of a way of life ... and the ability to contrast alternatives. ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:43:32 GMT+00:00
Editorial The Liberal Arts: Not As Scary As You Think - Washington College Elm Tweet this news
Washington College Elm--In her book, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, -Martha Nussbaum- summarizes it quite well by declaring that the decline in popularity of the ... - Date : Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:05:20 GMT+00:00
Not for Profit - U.S. Catholic magazine Tweet this news
U.S. Catholic magazine--By Online Editor By -Martha Nussbaum- (Princeton University Press, 2010) In an age of globalization, governments and corporations expect colleges and ... - Date : Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:32:11 GMT+00:00
Slay tribalism by all means but do spare my 'tribal' name; it's all I have - Daily Nation Tweet this news
Daily Nation--I enjoy reading the work of political philosopher -Martha Nussbaum- because of the clarity of her arguments and her sensitivity to the plight of the powerless ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:46:49 GMT+00:00
You're getting the universities you want - and deserve - Globe and Mail Tweet this news
Globe and Mail--Here he drew inspiration from the American professor -Martha Nussbaum-, a tireless promoter of the humanities to an increasingly skeptical society. ... - Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:06:11 GMT+00:00
Filosofía contra la desdicha - La Vanguardia Tweet this news
La Vanguardia---Martha Nussbaum- es sin duda una de las más lúcidas filósofas de la actualidad, cuyo pensamiento está en todo momento comprometido con la realidad y al ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:48:37 GMT+00:00
Saving Universities Through the Unionization of the Untenurable - Huffington Post (blog) Tweet this news
Huffington Post (blog)--This week I received copies of Mark C. Taylor's Crisis on Campus, -Martha Nussbaum's- Not For Profit, and Parker Palmer's and Arthur Zajonc's The Heart of ... - Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:45 GMT+00:00
Beating Up on the Left - First Things (blog) Tweet this news
First Things (blog)--There are lots of Rawlsians running around who don't fit Knepper's description, and although I'm no fan of -Martha Nussbaum-, she not anti-Western. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:40:10 GMT+00:00
Half the Sky - The Periscope Post Tweet this news
The Periscope Post--“Mr. Kristof and Ms. WuDunn have a tricky problem in presentation,” wrote -Martha Nussbaum- in The New York Times. “It's difficult to get people to care about ... - Date : Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:01:51 GMT+00:00



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