Life Fear is ubiquitous in human life. It starts in infancy with our primal state of helplessness, where we can see what's going on but we can't move to... Martha Nussbaum 14
Friendship I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I'll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing... Martha Nussbaum 6
Anger You have to address anger, fear, and then to think about what the alternatives are: hope, faith, a certain kind of brotherly love. And then you have... Martha Nussbaum 7
Anger Envy, propelled by fear, can be even more toxic than anger, because it involves the thought that other people enjoy the good things of life which... Martha Nussbaum 3
Anger Disgust is often more deeply buried than envy and anger, but it compounds and intensifies the other negative emotions. Martha Nussbaum 4
Anger Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from... Martha Nussbaum 4
Anger Some emotions are essential to law and to public principles of justice: anger at wrongdoing, fear for our safety, compassion for the pain of others,... Martha Nussbaum 5
Trust To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, the ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control that can lead you... Martha Nussbaum 7
