American philosopher and Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. Co-developed the capabilities approach with Amartya Sen. Author of more than two dozen books including Frontiers of Justice, Creating Capabilities, and The Monarchy of Fear. Her work spans ancient philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, and animal rights.
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Martha Nussbaum
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Public positions Martha Nussbaum has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Higher education funding"Has argued for the central importance of humanities education to democratic citizenship"
- LGBTQ civil-rights protections"Long-standing philosophical defender of equal dignity and rights for LGBTQ people"
- Religious liberty"Has written extensively on balancing religious liberty with equal protection"
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editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.