purpose of education. Because of the extensiveness of education‚ settling on one form of an academic system has always been a challenge. People’s views of education are oftentimes based on their values‚ culture‚ religious beliefs‚ and environment. Thus‚ every person has their own definition and perception of education. Although views of education differ from person to person‚ there are certain aspects of academics which are valued by many. As depicted by Martha Nussbaum in “Education for Profit‚
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Higher Education: What’s the Big Deal? What do I want to do with my life? A common question asked by countless students between the ages of 18 and 24. A simple‚ yet tough question nonetheless. It can be frightening to think that at such a young age‚ we’re expected to know what we want to do for the rest of our life. Often‚ this question begs other tough and frightening questions. Is higher education even worth it? What if it is just a waste of time and money? While some may feel unsure about the
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others in society‚ outside of a work atmosphere. This essay will assert that the purpose of education is to foster critical thinking‚ practical abilities‚ and career preparation‚ not . leading to breakthroughs for individuals and society as a whole. The first main goal of education should be to produce democratic citizens who critically think. If the arts and humanities continue to be undervalued‚ Martha Nussbaum‚
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Martha Nussbaum formulated a list of capabilities meant to measure the autonomy and quality of life of a people‚ in particular women of non-western nations. She gives perspective on how her capabilities approach rejects cultural relativism‚ and unnecessary ethnocentrism when dealing with non-western cultures‚ creating feminism more in line with her moral universalist views. What is interesting about Nussbaum’s capabilities approach is its applications in the western world as well. There are many
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In Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum argues that literary work‚ in the form of novels‚ plays an important role in ethical education. Nussbaum explains that the content of the novels she has chosen to examine provide answers to the question‚ “How should one live?” Nussbaum examines the texts using characteristics that are part of an Aristotelian position on ethics. Reading a novel takes an individual on a journey that allows that to grow ethically because they come engaged in the subject matter. Novels
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Happiness‚ excitement and anger are all types of emotions people feel on a daily basis‚ but have you ever felt one more than the other? According to Martha C Nussbaum’s “Beyond Anger”‚ she claims that anger is the emotion that has come to saturate our politics and culture‚ but also believes that the idea of philosophy can take us out of this dark vortex. Anger is an emotion we as humans must feel‚ but it should not stop there. Anger is in fact an emotion that is expressed universally‚ and has a
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offer while the minorities‚ those who are oppressed and unrepresented by society are lacking in resources needed to carry on with their daily lives‚ the question of how ethical society is should be brought up. Philosophers like Peter Singer and Martha Nussbaum bring up issues like this in the film The Examined Life as they associate the meaning of life‚ with how we live our lives within a society. Both philosophers discussed how society uses its advantage to oppress the minorities‚ they also brought
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Gender equity is involved in numerous factors of Martha Nussbaum’s human capability framework. First‚ bodily health is impacted from gender inequity. For example‚ Aboriginal women in Canada are experiencing alarming HIV/AIDS rates as they account for nearly 50% of all HIV-positive test reports among Aboriginal people‚ compared with only 16% of their non-Aboriginal counterparts. The Canadian government does not provide Aboriginal communities with access to adequate health care services and this unfair
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I agree with Martha C. Nussbaum ideas about compassion. I believe that having compassion is a very important thing to have in life. People have to be able to understand what it is like to be in a situation‚ because at any point in time‚ it could be you in that situation. Having compassion should include be is not limited to leaving people that need help‚ thinking what would I want someone to do if I was in this situation. I believe that compassion starts when you are child. Compassion something
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Aakash Mansukhani University Writing Gitlin Exercise 3.1 – Sources Sources used for Compassion & terror J.M. Coetzee‚ The Lives of Animals‚ ed. Amy Gutmann (Princeton‚ N.J.: Princeton University Press‚ 1999). Nussbaum‚ Upheavels of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions (New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 2011)‚ chaps 6-8. Batson‚ Daniel. The Altruism Question (Hillsdale‚ N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum‚ 1991). Clark‚ Candace. Misery and Company: Sympathy in Everyday Life
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