The Fragility of Goodness

The Fragility of Goodness is a 1986 philosophical book by Martha Nussbaum, which deals with philosophical topics such as the meaning of life by seeking the dialogue with ancient philosophers, such as Aristotle, to whom Nussbaum pays much attention in many of her other works as well.

Basic understanding

gollark: And that building things is slow and expensive in most countries for no apparent reason.
gollark: I don't mean just that stuff like global climate change mitigation hasn't happened, I mean that every product ever involves incredibly complex supply chains and can't really not have that.
gollark: The unfortunate situation of our time is that we need giant large-scale coordination to do anything, but all large-scale coordination inevitably fails in some way or another.
gollark: I'm also not a fan of the socialism side, but I dislike world governments separately.
gollark: As previously happened with America.

See also

Reviews

Patrick O'Sullivan (2002), Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2002)


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