Hiding from humanity :: disgust, shame, and the law /

Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This powerful and elegantly written book, by one of America's most influential philosophers, presents...

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1. Verfasser: Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
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Zusammenfassung:Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This powerful and elegantly written book, by one of America's most influential philosophers, presents a critique of the role that shame and disgust play in our individual and social lives and, in particular, in the law. Martha Nussbaum argues that we should be wary of these emotions because they are associated in troubling ways with a desire to hide from our humanity, embodying an unrealistic and sometime.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (413 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-400) and indexes.
ISBN:9781400825943
1400825946
9780691095264
0691095264
1282129503
9781282129504
9786612129506
6612129506

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