The Fragility of Goodness

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The Fragility of Goodness is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that explores how human vulnerability, luck, and moral conflict shape the pursuit of a good life, especially through readings of ancient Greek literature and philosophy.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline classical studies ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
arguesThat a good human life is vulnerable to luck and external circumstances ⓘ
attempts to make goodness invulnerable distort human values ⓘ
ethical life involves exposure to risk and loss ⓘ
author Martha C. Nussbaum ⓘ
linked to: Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examinesWorkOf Aeschylus ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
exploresConcept human vulnerability ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
the fragility of a good life ⓘ
the role of luck in ethics ⓘ
focusesOn Aristotelian ethics ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
Platonic dialogues ⓘ
genre ethics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasCentralTheme conflict between different values and commitments ⓘ
ethical significance of emotions ⓘ
tension between rational control and vulnerability ⓘ
hasEdition revised edition ⓘ
influencedField classics ⓘ
contemporary virtue ethics ⓘ
literature and philosophy studies ⓘ
philosophy of emotion ⓘ
isConsidered major work in Martha Nussbaum's oeuvre ⓘ
isUsedAs textbook in advanced philosophy courses ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
ethics and literature ⓘ
moral luck ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
the good life ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
vulnerability ⓘ
notableFor linking Greek tragedy and philosophy in ethical theory ⓘ
pageCount 544 ⓘ
publicationYear 1986 ⓘ
publisher Cambridge University Press ⓘ
revisedEditionPublicationYear 2001 ⓘ
titleExplains the precariousness of human goodness in the face of chance ⓘ

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Upheavals of Thought → relatedWork → The Fragility of Goodness ⓘ
Part I: Upheavals of Thought → relatedWork → The Fragility of Goodness ⓘ