Martha C. Nussbaum

I think that's what we really need in America, for people to hear each other. And I think philosophy could do a…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

If you really do want to increase women's status, you could focus on just that, but you'd probably better focus also on…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

I do think there's a lot of bad writing, and I worry about that in philosophy. I worry about it even more…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

With the rise of capitalism, it became more obvious that people pursue individual self-interest. The great nationalist in Italy, Giuseppe Mazzini, a…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The EU might have become a large federal nation. But they would have had to do things differently. Number one, they would've…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

As human beings, we ought to be vulnerable. We shouldn't try to say that we can be self-sufficient or do everything that's…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Disgust relies on moral obtuseness. It is possible to view another human being as a slimy slug or a piece of revolting…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The thing that I find so bad about anger is the desire for payback. Of course, it is very human to wish…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Today, I think, the state of philosophizing about democracy is very healthy. It bridges political science and philosophy, as it should.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

“We might say that there can be pity in its full-fledged form only where there is also mercy for self: for the…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The great philosophers of the past who wrote so beautifully - Rousseau, John Stuart Mill - had to write beautifully because they…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Property rights can improve a woman's ability to stand up to violence in the home. You might think education and employment are…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

I think the obstacle for women is that their lives are intertwined with the lives of men. Change at the very deepest…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

As we tell stories about the lives of others, we learn how to imagine what another creature might feel in response to…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, BOSTON REVIEW stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Nudity quickly becomes unremarkable when generally practiced.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Singapore and China, which don't want to encourage democratic citizenship, are expanding their humanities curricula. These reforms are all about developing a…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

We have to change men's expectations, as they grow up, regarding their share of domestic work, of child care, but also of…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

A person in torment is not going to give you anything.

— Martha C. Nussbaum