Philosopher of Emotions and Capabilities
Martha Nussbaum
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An American philosopher who argues that emotions are judgments of value, and that justice should secure what each person is able to do and be.
Key work: Upheavals of Thought (2001)
“Emotions are not just the fuel that powers the psychological mechanism of a reasoning creature, they are parts, highly complex and messy parts, of this creature’s reasoning itself.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Emotions are judgments about what matters to us.
Justice asks what each person is able to do and be.
A good life is open to the world, and so to loss.
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