The Fragility of Goodness

Name: The Fragility of Goodness
Author: Martha Nussbaum

by Martha Nussbaum

Analysis of how emotions shape moral understanding and the vulnerability of ethics

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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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