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Viktor Frankl on love and Matha Nussbaum on incompleteness

candidsparrow wrote 1 day ago: I’m reading for the first time, Viktor Frankl‘s famous and deeply humane book ‘Man … more →

Tags: Love, Viktor Frankl, incompleteness, Man's Search for Meaning, Logotherapy

The Evaluative Space: How valuable is it?

janetthomas wrote 3 days ago: Amatya Sen claims that ‘capabilities’ provide the relevant evaluative space for understanding equali … more →

Tags: 21st Century, continual struggle, Existence, Global Environment, Justice, Living, Philosophy, Social criticism, Thought

The Capability Approach

mklamarche wrote 5 days ago: What the heck is it? Well, as far as I can tell so from – from the readings for my Dialogue in … more →

Tags: Amartya, capability approach, Human Rights, Religion, Nussbaum, Thursday, Human Rights and Liberties

Beyond the Drama11 comments

femdelusion wrote 5 days ago: Like the 21st Century shadow of John Wilmot I am, I’ve wasted most of my day yesterday reading … more →

Tags: Speeking my Brainz, Feminism, game of thrones, Guardian, Laurie Penny, masculinity, Patriarchy, phmt, RONALD LINDSAY

Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach (Exposition)8 comments

femdelusion wrote 1 week ago: I’m currently looking into what’s called the ‘capabilities approach’ in poli … more →

Tags: main-argument, Capabilities Approach, capability approach, John Rawls, metric problem

The New Religious Intolerance3 comments

Bob wrote 1 week ago: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age Martha C. Nussbaum “Martha Nussbaum eloquently spe … more →

Tags: Law, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, war/violence, Islamophobia, New York Times Book Review

Not-For-Profit: The Public, Philanthropy, and Educational Idealism1 comment

Matthew Charles wrote 3 weeks ago: This an edited version of my review of Martha Nussbaum’s Not for Profit, first published in Ra … more →

Tags: Article/Publication, Humanities, Radical Philosophy, Not For Profit, Philosophy for Children, Classical liberalism, Anthony Seldon, Browne report, The Philosophy Shop

Martha Nussbaum y su enfoque de las capacidades

alumnasx wrote 3 weeks ago: Martha Nussbaum es una filósofa estadounidense que se ha enfocado en estudiar la filosofía griega, l … more →

Tags: el otro, Enfoque de las capacidades, Fragility of Goodness, kant, Philosophy, united states, University of Chicago

False Consciousness Arguments31 comments

femdelusion wrote 3 weeks ago: This post is dedicated to Earl Silverman. Unlike me, he walked the walk. It feels like a while since … more →

Tags: main-argument, metric problem, catherine hakim, Warren Farrell, rational choice theory, Work Life Balance, mike buchanan, Laura Bates, Steven Horwitz

You don't get peace by hating war: the theory of emotions70 comments

Jennifer Wilson wrote 1 month ago: Some years ago I recall the Dalai Lama observing that hating war isn’t the way to find peace. … more →

Tags: Society, ANZAC Day, Dalai Lama, Emotion, Thought

Martha Nussbaum In Dissent--Violence On The Left: Nandigram And The Communists Of West Bengal2 comments

chr1 wrote 1 month ago: Full article here (subscription required) It’s a complicated tale of economic growth, leftism, … more →

Tags: Public Debate, Philosophy, communism, media, Current Events, Foreign Policy, Law, radicalism, Leftism

Egalitarian Liberal Feminism and Justification for Restrictions on Non-Violent Pornography

bettystoneman wrote 1 month ago: Feminist arguments regarding pornography have run the gamut from full-fledged support for individual … more →

Tags: PHIL 3700, Politics, rae langton, Catherine MacKinnon

Sock it to me 1 comment

Anonymous wrote 1 month ago: I went to hear Martha Nussbaum speak today and was appalled at the behavior of two people attending … more →

Tags: rants, Tom Brokaw, Pawn Star, girls next door, greatest generation, mtv, Teen mom, Nussbaum, respect

Show Me the Math! and The Metric Problem17 comments

femdelusion wrote 1 month ago: So far, I’ve tried to rule out some fairly simple ways in which the dialogue about feminism be … more →

Tags: main-argument, Feminism, metric problem, 'show me the math' problem, Betty Friedan, Pornography, Utilitarianism, Harm

US academics and their aberrant disparagement of Hindu political aspirations - Gautam Sen

IS wrote 1 month ago: “The exoneration of Narendra Modi by the Supreme Court, SIT cuts no ice and a mass of complete … more →

Tags: Secularism, Globalization, India, Psychological warfare, Politics, US Congress, free speech, Jihad, USA

Movie Review: "Examined Life"2 comments

Emma Leigh wrote 1 month ago: If you’re anything like me, you’re a little bit addicted to documentaries.  And maybe you have seen … more →

Tags: Book & Movie Reviews, avital ronell, Cornell West, ethics, examined life, Judith Butler, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Movie

What is marriage? Why the debate breaks down.3 comments

Matthew Tuininga wrote 1 month ago: The classic documentary Weapons of the Spirit tells the story of how a group of Huguenot (French Pro … more →

Tags: Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Ryan Anderson, "Weapons of the Spirit", Children, Albert Camus

Nemo - "Ennead I" by Plotinus (15)‏

richibi wrote 2 months ago:     Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:40:39 +0000 To: Richibi’s Weblog From: comment-reply@wordpress.com Sub … more →

Tags: in search of beauty, in search of God, In Search of Truth, Nemo - Books On Trial, positions to ponder, Plato, Nietzsche, NEMO, "Ennead I" by Plotinus

Some Recent Presentations

kenplummer wrote 2 months ago: Handouts for recent presentations       Today I have posted some summary handouts of … more →

Tags: Quoting Humanisms, Imagining Better Worlds, Intimate citizenship, Politics and Change, Articles, Sociological Imaginations, humanism, photos, Symbolic Interactionist Theory


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