Martha C. Nussbaum on Controlling Anger
A better way to be angry: advice from philosopher Martha Nussbaum
Think of the last time you were angry. Not just annoyed, but foot-stomping, wall-punching mad.
Did it feel productive? Probably not.
And that's the trouble, says philosopher Martha Nussbaum — when we get angry, we don't accomplish very much. In fact, she says, it usually only makes things worse.
In an interview with Tapestry host Mary Hynes, Nussbaum attempted to offer an answer to one of society's oldest problems: "What do we do about the social poison of anger?"
In her book Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice, Nussbaum says that while anger has its place within the range of emotions we need to express, it's often given too much value. Instead, she says, it should be something we seek to control.
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