Martha Nussbaum

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Argument that liberal arts education develops capacities essential for human dignity

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Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum

American philosopher who developed the capabilities approach to human development as an alternative to GDP-based measures of well-being. The Fragility of Goodness examines luck and ethics in Greek tragedy; Upheavals of Thought is a philosophical analysis of emotions. She is among the most prolific and widely read moral philosophers of her generation.

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