The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis

by Martha C. Nussbaum

Competition need not compromise virtue, but it always introduces temptations: slander, shading the truth, above all narcissism and lack of respect for others.

democracy is an uncertain fear-suffused realm in which nobody has space to unfold creative powers without the anxious pursuit of competitive advantage.

It doesn’t have to be internally envious: but it has to live in a world where envy has great sway.

Sexism says, “Poor women, they will always underperform.” Misogyny says, “Keep the damned women out.”

between what we might call “idle hope” and what we might call “practical hope,”

We need to believe that the good things we hope for are have a realistic chance of being realized through the efforts of flawed human beings.

If we think that justice is possible only in heaven, this inhibits our efforts in this life.

hope needs faith, but faith need not be, and had better not be, based on an unrealistic view of people.

learning to separate the doer from the deed.

Libertarianism: For and Against, by Craig Duncan and Tibor Machan (Rowman and Littlefield).

John Corvino,

David Novak,