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Martha Nussbaum, a law professor at the University of Chicago, who studied Classics and ancient philosophy at Harvard, recently gave a speech at the Harvard Book Store for her new book, “From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law.” Nussbaum sat down with FM to give the low-down on her new book, her views on same-sex rights (see Greek military strategy circa 500 B.C.), and the legality behind public...
Martha Nussbaum: I think the message they should take away is that a lot of the legal discussions in this area have been influenced by irrational emotions of disgust and stigma, and that those are not good bases for law-making in a pluralistic society. And then when we remove that element and just look at the arguments in a clear-eyed way, I think it’s clear that the Constitution does support non-discrimination laws for gays and lesbians...
...think this book is continuous with all my work, but the difference is that this book is focused in America; most of my work is very international. Here I’m enmeshed in very specific details of American constitutional law...
Leave it to Harvard students to turn sex into something you use your brain for rather than other more viable organs. Tommy Doyle’s Irish Pub recently hosted Sex Trivia Night, organized by Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Rights. The event featured free condoms, food, and drinks—all the ingredients necessary for a debauched night. Eager to participate, this writer made his way to the sign-up sheet and was happily surprised to find condoms gingerly sprinkled around the table...
Laura K. Freund, a first-year law student, admitted that she and her friends came because “they have free drinks and free food...