“If people think that women only wear the burqa because of coercive pressure, let them create ample opportunities for them, at the same time enforce laws making primary and secondary education compulsory, and then see what women actually do.”

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.