as a philosopher, professor nussbaum strives to be a lawyer for humanity. with an early background in drama she has moved into classics and then philosophy and then constitutional law. she talked for 20 years at harvard and brown and is a professor of law of ethics at the university of chicago. she divides her time between the philosophy department, the divinity school and the law school and if that's not enough, the department of south asian studies and also the human rights program. she's a world expert on virtue ethics and was written and talked on the emotions and ancient ethics of sexuality, hinduism and the emotion of shame and disgust as they relate to constitutional law. this is a topic she picks up once more in this most recent book which is part of oxford press's inalienable lights she appears on top of 100 top intellectuals and this past year was awarded the american philosophical prize and she has the distinction of being the sort of philosopher who seems not tothave lost sight of philosophy's first goal which is to be good. and thank you, profe

martha nussbaum to politic and prose bookstore. [applause] we are always honored, we are always honored to be located at this juncture of world-class academics in the general reading public but of course the d.c.'s readers are pretty world-class themselves. i am pleased to particularly welcome martha nussbaum for her newest work, "from disgust to humanity" sexual orientation and constitutional law. i am personally overjoyed that she is coming to us from chicago which is my own, motter. dr. nussbaum however is an academic who quite commonly makes ivory tower into the civil sphere and is brought any conversations about practical justice, goodness and back to the academy with her. as a philosopher professor nussbaum strives to be a lawyer for humanity. i have heard her quote often. with an early background and

nussbaum for coming. [applause] >> thank you so much street you all for coming out here it is great to see such a large group in this wonderful bookstore. thank you. i will introduce a book a little bit then focus on the chapter of same-sex marriage. i knew this the path i wanted to young gay men about his early sexual experiences with male teens and i knew that some could have sort of experienced what i was another people would think of it as being pretty disgusting. this book also concerned with abstract issues of constitutional law is about that divide between people who can sorts of experience was a gay teenager goes through and what those desires and the teenagers themselves as being disgusting. for a long time, our society, like many others has confronted the same sex orientation and acts with the politics of discussed as many people react to the uncomfortable presence of gays and lesbians with a deep aversion akin to slimy in sex, boiled food and bottled the waist and then they cite the very reacti

thank you or besser nussbaum for coming. [applause] .. the teenagers themselves. for a long time our society like many others has confronted same six orientations and act with politics of discussed as many people react to the uncomfortable presence of gays and lesbians with a deeper version akin to that often inspired by slimy insects, spoiled food and then the site that very reaction to support a range of legal restrictions from saw the need laws to the ban on same-sex marriage. partisans of politics discussed can barely stand to think about what that teenager did with his friends they say that stuff makes me want to throw up and they turn away from the reality of a life as from a loan some contaminant to the body politic. although this political approach has lost a lot of ground in the recent years it continues to influence the ways in which many people think. discussed so describe seems pretty nasty of the fundamental refusal of another person's humanity. one might therefore just think it is obvious that it is a bad basis for all making in the pluralist society

[applause] >> martha nussbaum is a professor at the university of chicago law school year for more information visit log not you chicago.edu. >> john nagy presents a history of espionage during the revolutionary war. mr. nagy examines efforts used by the british and the continental army, like hidden compartments and hollowed bullets. and dictionary codes and musical notation. the fraunces tavern museum in new york city is the host of this 50 minute event. >> thank you. the american revolution begins up in boston after the battles of concorde and lexington. the american army surrounds the british, who are under a virtual siege. the british find out that british general thomas gage is in charge. they have no one on staff who really is an expert in the ciphers and codes that have no system actually in place to send coded messages to the operations in canada, or even here in new york. american general george washington takes command of the troops at cambridge, and again on the american side, there is nobody in charge of cryptology. now, what you do have a situation where merchants are not totally