Martha Nussbaum: The Philosophy of Thoughtful Aging

Martha Nussbaum, one of America’s greatest living philosophers, joins us for a discussion of the ethical, aesthetic, and philosophical conundrums around our country’s rapidly changing view of the aging process. In her book Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret, Nussbaum lends us the perspectives of both philosopher and lawyer-economist to explore ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, and whether to enjoy or criticize anti-aging cosmetic procedures. Some of our concerns are practical: philanthropic decisions, relations with one’s children and grandchildren, the purchase of annuities, and how to provide for care in old age. Others are cultural, ranging from the treatment of aging women in popular films to marriages of men such as Donald Trump to much younger women. Nussbaum offers a thoughtful exchange on this natural, inevitable process.
Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has received honorary degrees from fifty-six colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, and is the author of multiple books including Love’s Knowledge, Sex and Social Justice, From Disgust to Humanity, and Philosophical Interventions.

[@jefferyweigand1337]

Martha is good at the Classics...giving a reading of explaining what they were actually talking about...she is an academic and a good academic...she isn't a philosopher per say...as she gets older she feels it is ok to pontificate about life...and history will later read her on those things as an idiot...

[@elnavandermerwe3609]

"per say"? who is the idiot here?

[@Highresdpi9]

What's your profession, Jeffrey? Trolling and making ignorant and demeaning comments about those clearly far more intelligent than yourself? You should at least attempt to be clever or amusing.

[@dominicaustin6016]

Let's pile on -academic style!

[@jefferyweigand1337]

@@dominicaustin6016 damn straight...