Examined Life: Martha Nussbaum

The eminent Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, speaks on the Aristotelian foundations of her capabilities approach and its implications on the modern political atmosphere while walking along Chicago's beautiful lakeshore.

From "Examined Life," directed by Astra Taylor, released in 2008.

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• martha
• nussbaum
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• life
• philosophy
• ethics
• politics
• aristotle
• capabilities
• universalism

[jimbopumbapigsticks]

Sounds like there's a fat guy playing a tuba just off-camera.

[solomonabhi]

Very insightful. Clearly communicated and indeed an adept use of youtube.

[icl4ntic]

I find the walk interesting. The pace seem brisk. Is it the speaker or the producer that dictated this speed? I feel like knowing that would add a lot to understanding how she is saying these things.

[alexasmithy]

brilliant video

[thejameskan]

some sweet info here

[msjessypp]

love the video really good

[alexasmithy]

really informative and interesting

[utubehayter]

@hampusheh

Oh my.. I don't know what liberty and freedom is. I really should just pay up everything that the state demands at gun point. Or else, I wont be free.

Really? Do you realize how funny you are?

[hampusheh]

@utubehayter At this point one can only realize that the gap is unbreachable, you're an utopian cunt with no regards or understanding of what real liberty and freedom is. There's no point in arguing with you. Hopefully you come to some kind of realization of your own in the future, because there's clearly nothing going on between your ears. Sure this is an ad hominem, because all that's needed to be said has been said, and you're just repeating yourself now.

[utubehayter]

@hampusheh

"We do owe each other a helping hand"

Why? No, I do not owe anyone a helping hand. If I choose to help someone it is only out of my desire to help others.

"But I think at this juncture we have to have a strong federal government, and to sustain such a thing, we need to pay taxes. "

Right.. Up is down, tyranny is freedom. I prefer to be swallowed up by Russia or China rather than paying for domestic absolutism.

[hampusheh]

@utubehayter Cont. We don't owe each other something "undefined or unlimited". We do owe each other a helping hand - that's the very nature of society. Some people disagree whether we should help each other through taxation, but instead through private charity etc., and that's a legitimate concern. But I think at this juncture we have to have a strong federal government, and to sustain such a thing, we need to pay taxes. If you don't want to be swallowed up by China or Russia, you better pay up.

[hampusheh]

@utubehayter Please quote me ANY passage in ANY of Locke's work where he alludes to there not being such a thing called society. When you're arguing, everything is a "lingual term". Words by their very nature are lingual. Society is a choice human beings have made because living on your own in the wilderness is a pretty shitty deal, so we've gathered like a family (using Rousseau's metaphor) where we try to protect each other's rights through various institutions, like the police, firemen etc.