Martha C. Nussbaum Quotes

Disgust Relies On Moral Obtuseness. It Is Possible To View Another Human Being As A Slimy Slug Or A Piece Of Revolting Trash Only If One Has Never Made A Serious Good-faith Attempt To See The World Through That Person's Eyes Or To Experience That Person's Feelings. Disgust Imputes To The Other A Subhuman Nature. How, By Contrast, Do We Ever Become Able To See One Another As Human? Only Through The Exercise Of Imagination.

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