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Upheavals of Thought
Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they …
Love's Knowledge
This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral …
Litteraturens etikk
Utvalg og innledning av Irene Engelstad Hvorfor leser vi? Hvordan reagerer vi på det vi leser? Og hva skjer med vår forestillingsevne? Lidenskapen i litteraturen kan berøre og …
At skabe kapabiliteter
At skabe kapabiliteter er et vigtigt værk i moderne social retfærdighedsteori, skrevet af den internationalt anerkendte filosof og jurist Martha Nussbaum. I værket fremsættes …
Frontiers of Justice
Theories of social justice are necessarily abstract, reaching beyond the particular and the immediate to the general and the timeless. Yet such theories, addressing the world and …
Creating Capabilities
If a country’s Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that …
The Fragility of Goodness
This book is a study of ancient views about ‘moral luck’. It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to …
Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The …
Cultivating Humanity
How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender, and nation? Martha C. Nussbaum, …
Sex and Social Justice
What sort of support do human capacities demand from the world, and how should we think about this support when we encounter differences of gender or sexuality? How should we think …
Not for Profit
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the …
Anger and Forgiveness
We live in a culture of apology and forgiveness. But while there are a few thinkers who are critical of forgiveness as being too supine, and extol the virtues of retribution and …