La virtud aristotélica de la compasión a la base de la construcción de lazos sociales en el estado. Discusiones en torno a la recepción del planteo antiguo por parte de Martha Craven-Nussbaum

Se trata de abordar el tratamiento que Aristóteles realiza de la compasión tratando de mostrar la complejidad que ese concepto comporta cuando se lo pone en relación con las categorías de virtud y con la de frónesis -como se sabe- centrales en su reflexión. Trazado el bosquejo del concepto en Aristóteles, se abordará la redefinición actual de la compasión por parte de Martha Nussbaum, con la pretensión de recuperar su valor desde una posición liberal de raigambre rawlsiana. En el planteo de Nussbum se destaca la recuperación y puesta en valor político de aspectos cognitivos y afectivos que conforman las condiciones subjetivas del orden institucional

La virtud aristotélica de la compasión a la base de la construcción de lazos sociales en el estado. Discusiones en torno a la recepción del planteo antiguo por parte de Martha Craven-Nussbaum

Se trata de abordar el tratamiento que Aristóteles realiza de la compasión tratando de mostrar la complejidad que ese concepto comporta cuando se lo pone en relación con las categorías de virtud y con la de frónesis -como se sabe- centrales en su reflexión. Trazado el bosquejo del concepto en Aristóteles, se abordará la redefinición actual de la compasión por parte de Martha Nussbaum, con la pretensión de recuperar su valor desde una posición liberal de raigambre rawlsiana. En el planteo de Nussbum se destaca la recuperación y puesta en valor político de aspectos cognitivos y afectivos que conforman las condiciones subjetivas del orden institucional

Sen and Nussbaum: Agency and Capability- Expansion1

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Martha and her sisters : women in films about journalism

HBO's Hemingway and Gellhorn (Philip Kaufman, 2012), broadcast in May on US television and starring Nicole Kidman as the pioneering female foreign correspondent, hasn't been well reviewed by the majority of critics. Variety described the biopic (with Clive Owen as Hemingway) as “swollen and heavy-handed”, while the Huffington Post declared it an “expensive misfire … a gigantic missed opportunity, a jaw-droppingly trying waste of time”. Regardless of whether such criticisms are fair—as this essay went to press I had been unable to see the film, so I cannot judge one way or the other—Hemingway and Gellhorn should be viewed as a significant addition to the filmography of journalism, retrieving from history as it does the achievements of one of the most significant of the early female practitioners. Gellhorn was a pioneer in a patriarchal press universe, a foreign and war correspondent at a time when this branch of the profession was seen very much as man's work. She covered the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, and with just as much viscerality as any man.

A Literary Turn : Rethinking the Roles of Generalization and Theory in Anglo-American Moral Philosophy

This work investigates the role of narrative literature in late-20th century and contemporary Anglo-American moral philosophy. It aims to show the trend of reading narrative literature for purposes of moral philosophy from the 1970 s and early 80 s to the present day as a part of a larger movement in Anglo-American moral philosophy, and to present a view of its significance for moral philosophy overall. Chapter 1 provides some preliminaries concerning the view of narrative literature which my discussion builds on. In chapter 2 I give an outline of how narrative literature is considered in contemporary Anglo-American moral philosophy, and connect this use to the broad trend of neo-Aristotelian ethics in this context. In chapter 3 I connect the use of literature to the idea of the non-generalizability of moral perception and judgment, which is central to the neo-Aristotelian trend, as well as to a range of moral particularisms and anti-theoretical positions of late 20th century and contemporary ethics. The joint task of chapters 2 and 3 is to situate the trend of reading narrative literature for the purposes of moral philosophy in the present context of moral philosophy. In the following two chapters, 4 and 5, I move on from the particularizing power of narrative literature, which is emphasized by neo-Aristotelians and particularists alike, to a broader under-standing of the intellectual potential of narrative literature. In chapter 4 I argue that narrative literature has its own forms of generalization which are enriching for our understanding of the workings of ethical generalizations in philosophy. In chapter 5 I discuss Iris Murdoch s and Martha Nussbaum s respective ways of combining ethical generality and particularity in a philosophical framework where both systematic moral theory and narrative literature are taken seriously. In chapter 6 I analyse the controversy between contemporary anti-theoretical conceptions of ethics and Nussbaum s refutation of these. I present my suggestion for how the significance of the ethics/literature discussion for moral philosophy can be understood if one wants to overcome the limitations of both Nussbaum s theory-centred, equilibrium-seeking perspective, and the anti-theorists repudiation of theory. I call my position the inclusive approach .

Martha Smith

[Excerpt] Martha Smith said goodbye to her long withstanding career as Associate Director of ILR’s Office of Career Services. Smith earned a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, Hayward in 1969. In 1976, she came to Ithaca when her husband was a Ph.D. student at Cornell, and in 1978 Smith became a temporary assistant to Professor Larry Williams. Shortly after, Smith was offered a permanent position in the Office of Career Services where she advised and befriended students for over 26 years. After retiring, Smith plans to devote more time to her community and her church. When reflecting upon her career of assisting and nurturing in the development of ILR students, Smith said, "They come in as caterpillars; they evolve, and then they leave as butterflies. They have to learn to be students, it isn’t always easy Martha Smith but they always manage. As they open up we all learn that we are more alike than we are different and together we learn to appreciate the likenesses and the differences."

Max and Martha Liebermann with unidentified group at a celebration for Max Liebermann at the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin Portraits; Groups

Verso: "Liebermann Feierlichkeiten in der Akademie der Kuenste. In der Mitte: Max Liebermann und Frau. Becker."

Studio portrait of the six daughters of Solomon and Emilie Kohnberger: (l-r) Laura, Irene, Johanna, Melanie, Hermine and Martha.

Laura (1878-1917) died during a flu epidemic. She married Sigmund Stiassny and had two children, Lisbeth (Gersuny) (1900-1986) and Walter (1902-1912) who died of a ruptured appendix.

Max and Martha Liebermann seated next to the lake; Wannsee Portraits Couples

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Max and Martha Liebermann seated next to the lake; Wannsee Portraits Couples

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Martha Werner Collection Album Album

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Martha Werner Collection Album Album

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Martha Werner Collection Album Album

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O pragmatismo antiteórico de Richard A. Posner e as respostas da teoria moral para a decisão judicial

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise crítica à forma de se abordar casos jurídicos e proferir decisões judiciais denominada abordagem judicial pragmática, disseminada pelo magistrado e professor norte-americano Richard A. Posner. O objetivo é explicitar suas principais características e contornos, bem como sua repulsa pela teorização abstrata e pelos debates e argumentos morais na decisão judicial. A partir disso, pretende-se refutar parte dessa abordagem pragmática, por meio de argumentos levantados por filósofos morais e profissionais do direito a saber: Ronald Dworkin, Charles Fried, Anthony Kronman, John T. Noonan Jr e Martha C. Nussbaum - em defesa de uma abordagem que prega a inevitável utilização do raciocínio teórico, assim como a argumentação e reflexão moral na resolução de casos difíceis relacionados ao direito. Também será destacado como a repulsa pragmática pela teoria moral e abstrata é incompatível com a conjuntura justeórica contemporânea e como a análise de alguns casos difíceis expõe a falibilidade, ainda que parcial, desse estilo de abordagem pregado por Posner.