THE TANNER LECTURES ON HUMAN VALUES

Martha C. Nussbaum is the author of The Fragility of Goodness, The Monarchy of Fear, and Citadels of Pride, among other works. She is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is in the Law School and Philosophy Department. She has received three of the world’s most significant awards for humanities and social science: the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, and the 2021 Holberg Prize.

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2008 David and Elaine Spitz Prize, International Conference for the Study of Political Thought

Martha Nussbaum Is Winner of the 2021 Holberg Prize • 2018 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture • 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy

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A Conversation with Elizabeth Cobbs about Fearless Women

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the work of Elizabeth Cobbs, whose new book Fearless Women shows how the movement for women’s rights has been deeply entwined with the history of the United States since its founding. Cobbs traces the lives of pathbreaking women who, inspired by American ideals, fought for the cause in their own ways…