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Martha Nussbaum (/ ˈ n ʊ s b ɔː m /; née Craven; born May 6, 1947) 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.
Martha C. Nussbaum received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. She has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford Universities and is currently the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Department of Philosophy and the Law School.
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher known for her wide-ranging work in ancient and contemporary philosophy and for her philosophically informed contributions to current debates on human rights, social and transnational justice, feminism and women’s rights, multiculturalism, and the value of liberal arts education.
Jul 18, 2016 · Martha Nussbaum’s far-reaching ideas illuminate the often ignored elements of human life—aging, inequality, and emotion.
Apr 14, 2011 · The capability approach should be defined as a normative framework, which can host a wide variety of more specific theories and applications, such as, for example, Nussbaum’s partial capability theory of justice, Crocker’s capability theory of deliberative democracy, and capabilitarian econometrics.
Martha C. Nussbaum received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. She has taught at Harvard University, Brown University, and Oxford University. From 1986 to 1993, while teaching at Brown, Nussbaum was a research advisor at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, a part of the United Nations University.
Dec 5, 2022 · Over the course of her long career, the distinguished and highly decorated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum has written key books about foundational human subjects: sex and gender, ethics,...
