Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Martha Nussbaum
Born: May 6, 1947 (age 77)
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)