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Ein dringender Appell zum Schutz aller Tiere von der berühmten Philosophin

Weltweit sind Tiere in Not: sei es durch die Zerstörung ihrer Lebensräume, sei es durch die Qualen der industriellen Tierhaltung, durch Wilderei oder durch die Vernachlässigung von Haustieren, die wir angeblich so lieben. Tiere erleiden jeden Tag Ungerechtigkeit und Grausamkeit durch unsere Hände. Martha Nussbaum entwickelt, ausgehend von ihrem grundlegenden Fähigkeiten-Ansatz, eine neue philosophische, juristische und moralische Grundlage zum Schutz der Tiere. Von Delfinen bis Krähen,...

A rich and compelling chronicle of an essential idea, Liberty of Conscience tells the story of America's great tradition of religious freedom. Philosopher Martha Nussbaum's ambitious book is both a work of history and a pointed rejoinder to conservative efforts to break down barriers between church and state.

In her long-awaited Responsibility for Justice, Young discusses our responsibilities to address "structural" injustices in which we among...

If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the world's billions of individuals are really managing?

In this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect. For the past twenty-five years, Nussbaum has been working on an...

Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This powerful and elegantly written book, by one of America's most influential philosophers, presents a critique of the role that shame and disgust play in our individual and social lives and, in particular, in the law.

Martha Nussbaum argues that we should be wary of these emotions because they are associated in troubling ways with a desire to hide from our humanity, embodying an...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca-whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the...