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 Nussbaum
surface form: Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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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