Martha Nussbaum
b. 1947 · United States · Philosophy, Human Rights
Capabilities approach to justice, and a defence of emotion in public reason.
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- Hannah Arendt
1906 – 1975 · Politics, Philosophy
Arendt's public realm underlies Nussbaum's political emotions and capabilities.
- John Rawls
1921 – 2002 · Philosophy, Law
The capabilities approach is developed as a friendly correction to Theory of Justice.
- Simone de Beauvoir
1908 – 1986 · Philosophy, Literature
Nussbaum's feminist philosophy argues from and past Beauvoir's situated freedom.
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