Martha Nussbaum
AKA 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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