Martha Nussbaum Quotes


This is my Achilles heel. If some Internet technician is on the phone with me and he's being irrational and incompetent and stupid, I get really mad and I can sort of feel my blood pressure going up.


Citations

Nussbaum, Martha. "A Philosopher Explains Why Anger is Terrible for Politics." Interview by Sean Illing. Vox, 29 Jul. 2016.

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Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum
  • Born: May 6, 1947
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Philosopher

Martha Craven Nussbaum is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department. She has a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy, existentialism, feminism, and ethics, including animal rights. She also holds associate appointments in classics, divinity, and political science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a board member of the Human Rights Program. She previously taught at Harvard and Brown.