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“To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.”

— Martha Nussbaum

The Fragility of Goodness

From Nussbaum's work on the vulnerability of the good life, arguing that human flourishing requires openness to what we cannot control.

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