On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
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> http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/page2/troy_jollimore_on_why_democracy_needs_the_humanities_20100423/
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> 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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> <unquote>
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> Michael
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