Hiding from Humanity Disgust, Shame, and the Law

Name: Hiding from Humanity Disgust, Shame, and the Law
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ISBN: 9780691126258

ISBN-10: 0691126259

ISBN-13: 9780691126258

Edition: 2004

Authors: Martha C. Nussbaum

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Martha Nussbaum elaborates a critique of the role that shame & disgust play in our individual & social lives &, in particular, in the law. She argues that we should be wary of these emotions because both are associated in troubling ways with a desire to hide from our humanity.

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.540

Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Shame and Disgust: Confusion in Practice and Theory



Law without the Emotions?



Two Problematic Emotions



Emotions and Law



Appeals to Emotion



Emotion and Belief, Emotion and Value



Emotions, Appraisal, and Moral Education



Emotion and the ""Reasonable Man"": Manslaughter, Self-Defense



Emotions and Changing Social Norms



Reasonable Sympathy: Compassion in Criminal Sentencing



Emotions and Political Liber