Martha C. Nussbaum on the Limits of Anger (Audio)

Martha Nussbaum on the Limits of Anger

Anyone can get angry, that’s easy. But hitting the right target with the right amount—that’s devilishly hard, or so thought Aristotle. And is it worth bother? Some political philosophers see anger as a sign of moral seriousness, yet appealing to people’s sense of outrage can be a serious political misstep. Martha Nussbaum is on the case of anger—its uses and abuses—and her conclusion is rather startling, not the least for its elegant simplicity.

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