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Tag Archives: martha nussbaum
Doing Philosophy for Fun or Profit
I was recently invited to think about answering two questions: 1. What is philosophy? 2. How is philosophy done? Teaching first-year community college students for 17 years gave me ready answers, of course. Philosophy is a love of wisdom inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged Bertrand Russell, joshua green, kwame anthony appiah, martha nussbaum, patricia churchland, philosophy, science
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Review: Martha Nussbaum on Anger, Apologies, and Forgiveness
Over the years, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time discussing anger, apologies, and forgiveness with therapists and survivors of child abuse and other traumas. Survivors and therapists alike are often passionate in the their belief that forgiveness is the … Continue reading
Posted in ethics, Feminism, Grief, Philosophy, Psychotherapy
Tagged Alice Miller, Anger, Apology, Aristotle, child abuse, forgiveness, martha nussbaum, Nelson Mandela, Philip Roth
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Ethical Codes: Moving beyond autonomy
Ethical theories can be divided in a number of ways, but one easy way is to separate the rule-based theories from theories that are not rule based. If you happen to be writing a code of ethics for your organization, … Continue reading
What is Bioethics? Environmental and Economic Justice
Like many people, Peter Singer was the first bioethicist to occupy any space in my consciousness. He first got my attention with his concern for animal welfare and calls for vegetarianism. I suppose he is best known for saying we … Continue reading
Posted in autonomy, bioethics, ethics, justice, Politics
Tagged bioethics, Globalization, human rights, martha nussbaum, Peter Singer, Poverty, Thomas Pogge, Van Rensselaer Potter, Wealth Inequality
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Can philosophy matter?
In the last century, it seemed philosophy might disappear from public consciousness. Much of philosophy had become so technical and so removed from the problems of daily life that most people who were not professional philosophers could not even name … Continue reading
Posted in ethics, justice
Tagged ethics, justice, lawns, martha nussbaum, medical ethics, philosophy, stephen toulmin
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