Martha C. Nussbaum

Professor of Law and Ethics University of Chicago Law School Martha C Nussbaum

Nussbaum Martha C.

This book is a study of ancient views about "moral luck." It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, and asks how this affects our appraisal of persons and their lives. The Greeks made a profound contribution to these questions, yet neither the problems nor the Greek views of them have received the attention they deserve. This updated edition contains a new preface.

Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

The Fragility of Goodness

Juha Sihvola

Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of ancient Greece and Rome. This work looks at how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex.

Professor of Law and Ethics University of Chicago Law School Martha C Nussbaum

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