2024-08-01
35 分钟Today we talk more about the work of Martha Nussbaum and her book The Monarchy of Fear. We discuss emotions as important appraisals of reality. The comparison of shame and guilt and their social implications. The prevalence of fear and its toxic impact on democracy. The importance of practical hope in fostering democratic participation. Hope you enjoy it! :) Sponsors: Rocket Money: http://www.RocketMoney.com/PT Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Nord VPN: https://www.NordVPN.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow
Hello everyone, I'm Stephen west.
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So today we're talking about the philosopher Martha Nussbaum.
She's one of the names that often comes up in conversations about the greatest living philosophers.
We did an episode on some of her work, episode 190, and for whatever it's worth, that episode has become the most listened to episode in the last year of the show, which is pretty nifty.
I'm sure she cares a lot about that whole title, but if you don't remember the episode, we talked about her concept of neo stoicism.
We talked about how to.
Martha Nussbaum, the history of western thought has been filled with this mistaken way of thinking about the emotions.
When we're trying to learn more about the world around us, people typically just assume that there's two ways you could be looking at it.
You got clear thinking.
On the one hand, that is rational thinking, where we use logic and deduction to figure things out.
And then on the other hand, we have unclear ways of thinking that are more emotional, more irrational.
The assumption by so many over the years has been that to base your understanding of something on an emotional response, you have to it.
Well, that just makes you a moron.
Emotions are irrational things.
For the love of Christ, man, pull yourself together and start thinking more rationally and logically about stuff.
That's what a lot of people would say here.
But as we laid out on episode 190 to Martha Nussbaum, this is the wrong way to be thinking about it.
That in reality to her, when you pay attention to what the emotions are, when emotions are properly examined, they are actually extremely valuable appraisals of our reality.