Martha Nussbaum

40% of these same villages don’t have proper roads connecting them. (2) After having a quick review of the Indian case, I will talk about the story of a poor Indian lady, Nussbaum tells us in her book to illustrate how is using capability measures instead of income measures of poverty is in more advantages. Martha C. Nussbaum started her book “ Creating Capabilities “ with two important questions: 1. What is each person actually able to do and to be? 2. What real opportunities are available…

efforts we advance as a global society in our technology. Of the many approaches taken to education, one discussed by Martha Nussbaum in her piece, Education for Profit, Education for Democracy as the “single-subject model,” is characterized as an education that is structured and focuses for the most part on developing only one area of study. While it is subject to criticism by Nussbaum, it is well-worth considering how thorough structure, subject-focused study, and specified funding are assets…

I Introduction: 1. Information about the author and the text a. Teaching humanity was written by Martha Nussbaum" is an American philosopher and the current Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago" ,in Newsweek International, on the 4th of june,2014. b. Teaching humanity. 2. Purpose a. the purpose of the article is to argue a point whether we are domed by science and technology which have become so important and addictive that most of us lack moral values and ethics that we…

of the world, India believes in the same ideas that United States has regarding education. India has a big economic growth through foreign investment who do little for education and health in the country. Reading “Education for Democracy” by Martha Nussbaum explains some comparison points about education between United States and India. India believes and took some parts of our constitution for their own constitution due to the similarities they share with their education. This is one quote that…

The Good Act In the “The Central Human Functional Capabilities,” by Martha C. Nussbaum, she argues that without certain traits, a life will fall short of being a good life. She calls these traits, “Central Human Functional Capabilities”, and there are ten in total. She adds that the role of public policy should focus on those capabilities in order to ensure and promote a good quality of life for a society or country. That is the only way that a political body can be considered good. In…

unregulated. In certain, specific situations, sexual objectification can be considered okay, but in other situations it can become a critical problem. Martha Nussbaum outlines seven ways in which people can be objectified. They are: instrumentality, denial of autonomy, inertness, fungibility, violability, ownership, and denial of subjectivity. Nussbaum highlights instrumentality, denial of autonomy, and denial of subjectivity as the three methods of objectification that most closely lead to…

make a judgment or criticize other cultures? For example, on the article," Judging Other Cultures; The Case of Genital Mutilation" written by Martha Nussbaum she helps us to understand this kind of question and several more questions relate to culture. The first question is can we judge the practices of other cultures? In the article by Martha Nussbaum she explains a case about a nineteen-year old woman from Togo who ran away from her home to escape the practice of genital mutilation,…

Within the development of America and European settlement, there have been many influences. One of the biggest influences has been greed from 1492-1815; this greed has been present in the Spanish, French, and British colonies. This greed was a key factor in the finding and development of the above people. The following will look at specific examples in the Spanish, French, and British colonies as well as examples from the book A Midwife 's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Starting in 1492 the…

Williamsburg The beginning of the book starts off by describing the colony of Williamsburg. The author goes into great detail about the history of the colony, as he describes the moving of the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg. There are many picturesque details about the streets, enchanting taverns and lodging house that would have been located in Williamsburg, during the time period before the Revolutionary War. He states that Williamsburg was a very populous region, where many crowds of…

The Art of Healing was performed by the Ailey Ⅱ company in the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, which started at 7:30pm on October 28th, 2016. The show started at 7;30 pm and lasted for about one an hour and a half. And it included three dances and two intermissions. The dances were Circular, Sketches of Flames, and Revelations. Circular and Sketches of flames are newly choreographed dances by Jae Man Joo and Bridget L. Moore respectively. While Revelations is was originally choreographed by…