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...
| Основен автор: | Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295550 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Hiding from humanity. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (413 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-400) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781400825943 1400825946 9780691095264 0691095264 |