nitially be attracted to a simple, uneducated, subservient and dependent woman, they would not really be happy being married to one. (Rosenstand) I was particularly impressed with Wollstonecraft’s ability to advocate for a healthier and happier form of marriage instead of it’s dissolution, though she found it personally distasteful. This speaks to the scope of her intellect, reason and integrity in looking beyond her own personal prejudices to a better model for society.

Martha Nussbaum’s struggle is ongoing and evolving even as I write this. She bravely fights against intolerance and injustice and in support of basic capabilities (described in Part I) for everyone, regardless of their gender, nationality, religion or sexual orientation. Like Wollstonecraft, she is not afraid to speak out and challenge the status quo and accepted practices of her generation where she perceives them to be unjust. Nor does she simply put forth intellectual treatises intended to be read and contemplated only by the intellectual elite. Nussbaum believes that philosophy is for everyone because it is motivated by the “urgency of human suffering,” going on to add that philosophy’s goal is “human flourishing.” ( Foreign Policy) Nor does Nussbaum confine her philosophical examinations to humans alone and this makes her an interesting bridge between Wollstonecraft and Singer. Like Wollstonecraft, she does significant work on women’s equality, though with a heavier focus on justice than on education, and she expands that emphasis to include “three frontiers of justice” where additional work is required: justice for people with disabilities, justice across national boundaries and justice for non-human animals. It is this quest for justice for non-human animals which overlaps Singer’s work.

Singer fights against cruelty and inhumanity in general, but most specifically in relation to animals, who are unable to fight for themselves. His compassion for their condition has raised awareness in thousands, perhaps even millions, calling on everyone to be mindful of the suffering we inflict on our fellow creatures and to stand up and fight against it. Though Wollstonecraft and Nussbaum are both vocal and eloquent in conveying their philosophies to the world, Singer is perhaps the most active of the three in taking his fight to the streets. He also s