“We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you have to decide for all English literature or no literature, all philosophy or no philosophy. But we have a system that is one part general education and one part specialization. If your parents say you've got to major in computer science, you can do that. But you can also take general education courses in the humanities, and usually you have to.” IfsArtCountryStatesPhilosophyHumanityCoursesLiteratureParentCan DoUnitedUnited StatesLuckyComputerMajorsUniversityComputer ScienceEnglish LiteratureSpecializationLiberal ArtsGeneral Education Author: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 up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.” IfsThinkingEndsSeemsLife IsRealizingMiddleHabitEmptyEarningShockedMiddle AgedEarning A Living Author: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 for revenge. Your mother has died in the hospital, and the first thought a lot of people have is, I'll sue the doctor. You feel helpless, and you think, I'm less helpless if I'm doing something active that makes someone else pay. And social media make it easy to inflict all kinds of pain on other people. But what good does it do?” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsFirstsHumansKindDoePainMotherDesireCoursesWishSocialEasyPayMediaDoctorsDiedSocial MediaActiveRevengeAll KindsHospitalsHelplessPayback Author: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 women's education. Access to artificial contraception, I would say, is also a very important determinant of women's status.” IfsWantImportantFocusIncreaseAccessArtificialContraceptionWomen's Education Author: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 level of one's daily life and one's being is required if women are to be really equal.” IfsThinkingMenLevelsEqualObstaclesDaily LifeVery DeepIntertwined Author: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 trash only if one has never made a serious good-faith attempt to see the world through that person’s eyes or to experience that person’s feelings. Disgust imputes to the other a subhuman nature. How, by contrast, do we ever become able to see one another as human? Only through the exercise of imagination.” IfsWorldHumansPersonsMadeFeelingsEyeAbleImaginationHuman BeingsViewsMoralPiecesSeriousExerciseRelyContrastDisgustingTrashGood FaithSlugs Book:From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law Source: From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law
