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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.

Martha Nussbaum

The great tragedy in the new feminist theory in America is the loss of a sense of public commitment.... Hungry women are not fed by this, battered women are not sheltered by it, raped women do not find justice in it, gays and lesbians do not achieve legal protections through it.

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

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Nudity quickly becomes unremarkable when generally practiced.

Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

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Born: May 6, 1947 (age 79)

Bio: Martha Craven Nussbaum is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, a chair that includes appointments in the philosophy department and the law school.

Known for:

Upheavals of thought (2001)
Creating Capabilities (2010)
The Fragility of Goodness (1986)
Political Emotions (2013)
The New Religious Intolerance (2012)

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