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Keen On
Martha Nussbaum: Why Justice for Animals Means Eliminating the Word “Pet” and Perhaps Even Giving Citizenship to Other Species
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Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Martha Nussbaum, author of Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility.

Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Philosophy Department and the Law School of the University of Chicago. She gave the 2016 Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities and won the 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. The 2018 Berggruen Prize in Philosophy and Culture, and the 2020 Holberg Prize. These three prizes are regarded as the most prestigious awards available in fields not eligible for a Nobel. She has written more than twenty-two books, including Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of EmotionsAnger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, JusticeNot for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities; and The Monarchy of Fear.

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