“On the whole, the accommodationist position has been dominant in U.S. law and public culture ─ ever since George Washington wrote a famous letter to the Quakers explaining that he would not require them to serve in the military because the 'conscientious scruples of all men' deserve the greatest 'delicacy and tenderness.'”

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.