During her visit to Stanford, Nussbaum took part in a workshop with post doctoral students from the Center for Ethics in Society.
Author and philosopher Martha Nussbaum says a declining emphasis on the study of the humanities could lead to a world of "useful profit makers with no imaginations." From the United States to India and the United Kingdom, humanities and arts programs are being cut at all levels of education. This trend, says the University of Chicago's Martha Nussbaum, has the potential to create a generation of citizens who are ill equipped to participate in a democratic society. Nussbaum is a professor of law and ethics with appointments in philosophy, classics and political science. While speaking recently to an audience at Stanford's Cubberley Auditorium, Nussbaum, author of Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities , warned that education leaders are being shortsighted in their efforts to stay economically competitive. Increasingly viewed as "useless" by politicians, humanities and arts programming is being replaced by technical training courses in sciences, engineering and technology in the name of economic gain. While technical skills are important for the future health of nations, Nussbaum said that they alone do not make for a fully educated student.
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