"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

-Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Monday, August 31, 2009

Does Philosophy Matter?


I mean, really. What difference can philosophy possibly make in the real, day-to-day world in which we live? If I study philosophy, isn't my only career option to become a teacher or professor?
Read this interview (in *.pdf), published in Cogito magazine, with Martha Nussbaum, a renowned philosopher, legal thinker and public intellectual. See if you can spot all the different ways she claims philosophy has a real influence in areas like economics, politics, medicine, and others.

Are you convinced? Play 'devil's advocate': can you come up with any convincing arguments against her evidence?

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