Hiding from Humanity
Disgust, Shame, and the Law
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 unrealistic and sometimes pathological wish to be invulnerable. Nussbaum…
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- ISBN: 978-0-691-12625-8
- EAN: 9780691126258
- Produktnummer: 2198920
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D3.0 cm 684 g
- Gewicht: 684
Über den Autor
Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Philosophy Department, Law School, and Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Her most recent book is Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions.
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