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Martha Nussbaum

Martha NussbaumAKA Martha Craven

Born: 6-May-1947
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Female
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Fragility of Goodness

Father: George Craven (lawyer)
Mother: Betty Warren
Husband: Alan J. Nussbaum (m. 1969, div. 1987, one daughter)
Daughter: Rachel
Boyfriend: Cass Sunstein (constitutional scholar, ex)

    University: BA, New York University (1969)
    University: MA, Harvard University (1972)
    University: PhD, Harvard University (1975)
    Professor: Harvard University (1975-83)
    Professor: Brown University (1984-95)
    Professor: University of Chicago (1995-99)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Philosophical Society
    Bill Bradley for President
    Dean for America
    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    Friends of Hillary
    Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
    Obama for America
    Obama for Congress 2000
    Obama for Illinois
    Converted to Judaism

Author of books:
Aristotle's De Motu Animalium (1978)
The Fragility of Goodness (1985)
Love's Knowledge (1990)
The Quality of Life (1993, with Amartya Sen)
The Therapy of Desire (1994)
Poetic Justice (1996)
For Love of Country (1996)
Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (1997)
Sex and Social Justice (1998)
Women and Human Development (2000)
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions (2001)
Hiding From Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law (2004)
Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership (2005)


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