“Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.”

American philosopher, law and ethics professor

Martha C. Nussbaum is an American philosopher and legal scholar. She is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, with appointments in both the law school and the philosophy department. Her work sits at the meeting point of philosophy, law, and ethics, and her teaching and writing reflect that range. She is widely associated with questions of justice, human flourishing, and the moral responsibilities that shape public life.