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| Born | Martha Craven May 6, 1947 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
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| Doctoral advisor | G. E. L. Owen |
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Notable ideas | Capability approach |
Martha Nussbaum (/ˈnʊsbɔːm/; 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.
Nussbaum's work has focused on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy, existentialism, feminism, and ethics, including animal rights. She also holds associate appointments in classics, divinity, and political science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a board member of the Human Rights Program. She previously taught at Harvard and Brown.[3][4]
She has written more than two dozen books, including The Fragility of Goodness (1986). She received the 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, the 2018 Berggruen Prize, and the 2021 Holberg Prize.[5][6][7] In recent years, she has also been considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[8][9]
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- ^ "Martha C. Nussbaum | Holbergprisen". holbergprisen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Alex Shepard (October 3, 2022). "Who Will Win the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ Mira Fox (October 2, 2023). "This Jewish philosopher should win the Nobel Prize in Literature". Forward. Retrieved July 1, 2024.