In particular, Nussbaum identifies three sets of "abilities crucial to the health of any democracy internally, and to the creation of a decent world culture capable of constructively addressing the world's most pressing problems:"
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These abilities are associated with the humanities and the arts: the ability to think critically; the ability to transcend local loyalties and to approach world problems as "a citizen of the world;" and, finally, the ability to imagine sympathetically the predicament of another person.
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Michael