Martha Nussbaum Quotes
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Some emotions are essential to law and to public principles of justice: anger at wrongdoing, fear for our safety, compassion for the pain of others, all these are good reasons to make laws that protect people in their rights.
Martha Nussbaum
Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.
Martha Nussbaum
Envy, propelled by fear, can be even more toxic than anger, because it involves the thought that other people enjoy the good things of life which the envier can't hope to attain through hard work and emulation.
Martha Nussbaum
Disgust is often more deeply buried than envy and anger, but it compounds and intensifies the other negative emotions.
Martha Nussbaum
I love fashion, and I simply enjoy good design in clothes and regard that as one of my hobbies.
Martha Nussbaum
The imagination is an innate gift, but it needs refinement and cultivation; this is what the humanities provide.
Martha Nussbaum
Courses in the humanities, in particular, often seem impractical, but they are vital, because they stretch your imagination and challenge your mind to become more responsive, more critical, bigger.
Martha Nussbaum