Thank you!

2/2 Nussbaum have argued that it is precisely because of our physical and emotional vulnerability that we value the things we value... In The Fragility of Goodness (1986), she writes that the most central human values ‘cannot be found in a life without shortage, risk, need, and limitation.

2/2 We exploit ourselves. The one who exploits is at the same time the exploited. It is no longer possible to distinguish between executioner and victim. We optimize ourselves towards death, in order to be able to function better. Functioning better is inevitably interpreted as improving oneself.

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