91st Commencement Address: Not for Profit: Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship

Martha Nussbaum speaks to the graduates about the role of liberal education in producing democratic citizens, the sort of citizen who can keep democracy alive and realize its promise and asks what does a liberal education that contains a substantial component from the humanities and the arts contribute to the health of democracy

Education for democratic citizenship

Lecture delivered on the occasion of the awarding of the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 9 March, 200