Nussbaum, Martha

"Justice is not achieved through a single redistribution but through ongoing work."

"We must cultivate respect for the range of human ways of living."

"The capabilities approach asks what each person can do and be."

"Education should prepare us to live well with disagreement and difference."

"We are vulnerable creatures who need others for survival and flourishing."

"Justice requires that we protect the material conditions of human dignity."

"The search for universal principles must not erase human particularity."

"We must expand our circle of moral concern through imagination and dialogue."

"Justice is about enabling all humans to live dignified, autonomous lives."

"The political question is fundamentally a question about human capabilities."

"We learn to love through practice and imagination, not abstract principle."

"Human capabilities are not fixed at birth. We develop them through education and social support."

"The capability approach asks: what are people actually able to do and be?"

"Compassion requires imagination - the ability to see another's world as real."

"Women's education is not a luxury; it is a basic human capability."

"We must learn to see the world through the eyes of those who suffer injustice."

"Emotion is not opposed to reason; it is part of our rational nature."

"The good human life requires both solitude and connection with others."

"Art teaches us to see the world with fresh eyes and open hearts."

"Fear often masks what we truly value and care about."

"Literature is philosophy in narrative form."

"We are all fragile creatures in need of others' support."

"Human dignity demands that we create conditions for flourishing."

"The ability to play and enjoy beauty is a central human capability."

"Justice requires us to remove obstacles to human flourishing."

"Grief shows us what we loved and why it mattered."

"Imagination allows us to inhabit lives different from our own."

"To be fully human, we must engage with difficult ideas and emotions."

"Democracy requires citizens capable of respecting human diversity."

"The humanities teach empathy, which is essential for justice."