31 March 2002
The Intelligence of Emotions with Martha Nussbaum
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Our emotions can be so unpredictable and messy, and have traditionally been considered as something opposed to rational, cognitive thought...something more basic. But renowned philosopher, lawyer and ethicist Martha Nussbaum argues that our emotional life has a discerning, rational intelligence of its own. This week, a feature interview with a great thinker - on the minefield that is our emotional landscape.
Transcript
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Further Information
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Martha Nussbaum will be delivering three lectures on "Beyond the Social Contract: Toward Global Justice" at the Australian National University, Canberra, November 12 & 13 2002.
http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/tanner.php3
Martha Nussbaum's website at the University of Chicago
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/nussbaum/
Publication
Title: Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions
Author : Martha Nussbaum
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge 2001) ISBN 0 521 46202 9
Guests
Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago
