Martha Nussbaum on 21st Century Enlightenment

Matthew Taylor and Martha Nussbaum discuss ways in which the attitudes, values and practices of 21stC enlightenment could help more of us lead the good life in the good society.

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[dereklearnslow]

You sir are not 21st century enlightened.

[tyrannicoystercult]

this 'equal respect' paradigm is fatally flawed. to help get to the point and dismantle more of the lacks that hold populations back, and simple to not be a coward in one's own philosophy, the simple wrong-ness of religion is an important goal for social transformation. Critical thinkers dont respect something that's clearly wrong (e.g. promote critical thinking instead of giving up on it in 'sensitive' areas), and that's quite clearly harmful in creating mehcanisms of hegemony and piety.

[creemej]

For me the 21st Century Enlightenment is philosophy under control.

[faelismaegnus]

@tyrannicoystercult Who are you to judge what is flawed, what is wrong, or what is "critical thinking". You are the reason we NEED an EQUAL RESPECT for all doctrine.

[somor98]

Equal respect is not consistent with enlightenment thinking, because we may find that some belief systems - such as the geocentric world view - are false and hence not worthy of our respect. Tolerance does not extend itself to falsehoods.

[48082531]

It's good discussion, I was assign to read her paper. I found her idea are positive fundamental for desision maker who find equality for human being.

It's good to have her more than Joseph Nye to possess US International Policies.

If someone cover their brains by Interests & Securities, I don't know how the world trend would change in a good direction. Today, there are many conflicts and they are form Priority Interests between them.

I think "Where is the love (The Black Eyed Peas)" is LEGEND.

[rklight33]

Nussbaum's way is simply to democratize and feminize the ancients so that they repeat her own pathetic Last Man views, or contradict those people whom she despises out of her own ressentiment.

As Harvey Mansfield nicely put it, "Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she's a girl scout."

[guzsaj]

she genuinely wants it to be better and for me this is enough

[ShammuaBenIsrael]

@dereklearnslow YES SHE IS

[ShammuaBenIsrael]

RIGHT ON POINT

[ShammuaBenIsrael]

SHE IS ON POINT,

[fechermichael08]

So refreshing. Martha Nussbaum is the reason I can talk about humanity in a reasonable fashion. I think the study of humanities in university could be improved so much if people would go back to some of the ancients.