Professor Martha Nussbaum On Humanity's Obligation To Protect Animal Rights

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<p>Ryan speaks with Martha Nussbaum about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/uVfAF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility</em></a>, the problems that can arise with the Stoic focus on the internal over the external, how the loss of her daughter taught her what to dedicate the rest of her life to, why animals should be considered citizens of a society, the actions that Martha is personally taking to protect animal rights, and more.</p><p>Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher, author, animal rights activist, and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department. She received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard, and she has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford Universities and is currently the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Department of Philosophy and the Law School. Her work, which has garnered 24 major awards since 1990, focuses on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, feminist philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy and the arts. Her seminal books include <a href="https://geni.us/AbPV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Anger, Mercy, Revenge (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)</em></a>, <a href="https://geni.us/zMlmn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy</em></a>, <a href="https://geni.us/q5Pw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education</em></a>, and <a href="https://geni.us/zPpKdD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law (Inalienable Rights)</em></a>. Since her daughter’s tragic death in 2019, Martha has dedicated her time to picking up the animal rights work that her daughter was passionate about.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>