Martha Nussbaum

Ethical relativism is at theory which puts forth the notion that values and ethical judgments can only be evaluated within the context of individuals or cultural groups. An ethical relativist would argue that there are no such things as an objective right or wrong when it comes to the views that he hold. If this were true, there would not be much of a point to doing ethics at all. I would have my beliefs, you would have yours, and neither of us could be right or wrong because right and wrong…

The objectification of women has affected both women as a whole and minorities, specifically black women. Women are misrepresented and exploited in addition to having to deal with having their sexualities challenged daily. It is an unfair trial to have to persevere through as it is a challenge they did not choose. Bringing attention to the issue of female objectification is relevant because it is still something women suffer from today and one can argue that it is a growing issue in society. It…

Women have been unjustly held back from achieving full equality for much of human history in many societies around the world. Feminists analyze this oppression, often concluding that there are both overt and insidious forces in society that still continue to oppress women. Women begin to internalize this sexism and start to believe that the lies, stereotypes, and myths about themselves that are delivered to everyone in a sexist society are true. This internalized misogyny felt by women begins to…

accounts of policy making that defend a mix of freedoms and the achievements, which Nussbaum’s version clearly rejects. She doesn’t sufficiently offer adequate reason behind her theories and her theory of social justice is proposed weakly. But what Nussbaum does add in from Capabilities and Social Justice is, “My aim in this brief presentation will be first to indicate why I believe other approaches to these inequalities are not fully adequate and the capabilities approach is needed. Then I…

According to Martha C. Nussbaum in her article “Education for Profit, Education for Freedom” one “ability of the citizen” is “narrative imagination.” Narrative imagination sounds like imagination derived from reading a narrative of some sort. She describes it as “the ability…

State and national parks are being demolished yearly to build parking lots, malls, or new neighborhoods, in this case cloning is an advantage to help regenerate extinct plants to help rewind the current trend of urbanization. Martha Craven Nussbaum an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago and author of Clones and Clones: Facts and Fantasies about Human Cloning, states in her novel about this new…

Argumentation lacks a theory of reference on dehumanization, such as the theories developed by Martha Nussbaum or by Leyens and Haslam. The idea of a blurring morality in the lager is well examined with very good quotes from the book, as well as the process of physical dehumanization. However, the important question of how Levi was able to preserve his…

It appears that in the segment in which Martha Nassbaum is narrating, her focus is on justice for all living beings. In order for there to be correctness in the world; all living things are to be of value. She talks about justice for all people, especially those who have for many reasons not ever been taken in account before. I too believe that in the world that we live in so many people are looked at as if their place in this world don’t matter, their thoughts, their input into our world are…

“Everything the light touches is our kingdom,” says Mufasa to the young Simba in the famous Disney movie, The Lion King. The Pledge of Allegiance states that our kingdom, or nation, under God is indivisible, much like how the light touches almost everything in The Lion King. After a court case about the Pledge in 2014, many people have been wondering whether or not it is worth it to say the Pledge every morning at school. Due to the use of “under God”, freedom of speech, and the forced…

technology because it will ensure a high paying job and promote economic growth. Lately, students have begun to question whether studying the humanities are worth the tuition costs, and if a technical or science based major is a better option. Martha Nussbaum, in her essay “ Education for Profit, Education for Democracy”, brings attention to how “the current focus on education as a form of career training fails to teach students the skills necessary to participate in the political process” (61).…