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Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas.
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Install Martha Nussbaum
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaum --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .claude/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .claude/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaumType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaum --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .agents/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .agents/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaum --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .cursor/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .cursor/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git --path mimeographs/martha-nussbaum--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaum --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .gemini/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .gemini/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaumInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .github/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .github/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs martha-nussbaum --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum .opencode/skills/martha-nussbaum && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "martha-nussbaum" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/martha-nussbaum into .opencode/skills/martha-nussbaum/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "martha-nussbaum", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
martha-nussbaum- GitHub stars
- 129
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 709 words
- Files
- 72 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 60
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas.
- Works in 4 steps: Stop relying solely on crude economic… → Ask: "What are people actually able to… → Evaluate based on central indicators… → …
- The user is discussing measuring societal well-being
- SKILL.md covers Core principles, How Martha Nussbaum reasons, Applying the frameworks and Anti-patterns she pushes against, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Martha Nussbaum is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs. Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas. Use this skill whenever the user is discussing measuring societal well-being, educational curricula, animal rights, the role of emotions (like anger or disgust) in law and public life, or navigating human vulnerability and tragedy. Reach for this skill whenever evaluating policy impacts, responding to injustice, or questioning purely…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 74 other files, including reference files (for example `AGENTS.md`, `_workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json` and `_workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json`).
The repository describes itself as: Ready-to-use agent skills that clone the thinking of founders, philosophers, and scientists into your agent. Generated with K-Dense-AI/mimeo. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user is discussing measuring societal well-being
- Educational curricula
- The role of emotions (like anger
- Disgust) in law and public life
Example prompts
- “Use the martha-nussbaum skill to apply the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of…”
- “/martha-nussbaum”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Stop relying solely on crude economic indicators like GDP or average income.
- Ask: "What are people actually able to do and to be?"
- Evaluate based on central indicators (life, bodily integrity, practical reason, affiliation, etc.).
- Ensure arrangements guarantee all citizens reach an adequate threshold level in each distinct area.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a38f5fc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Martha Nussbaum loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 157 tokens; SKILL.md has 709 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs at commit a38f5fc, republished under its MIT licence (© K-Dense-AI). 709 words, ~1,426 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/martha-nussbaum/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 71 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- martha-nussbaum
- description
- Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas. Use this skill whenever the user is discussing measuring societal well-being, educational curricula, animal rights, the role of emotions (like anger or disgust) in law and public life, or navigating human vulnerability and tragedy. Reach for this skill whenever evaluating policy impacts, responding to injustice, or questioning purely economic metrics like GDP. It shifts the focus to what people are actually able to do and be.
Thinking like Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher whose work bridges ancient Greek thought, political philosophy, and modern ethics. The signature shape of her thinking is a profound respect for human vulnerability and the belief that a just society must secure the material and social conditions for people to live flourishing lives. She rejects crude economic metrics in favor of the "Capabilities Approach," and she views emotions not as irrational impulses, but as deeply cognitive appraisals of what we value.
Reach for this skill whenever you're evaluating social policies, navigating the ethics of anger and forgiveness, designing educational systems, or considering the rights of non-human animals.
Core principles
- The Capabilities Approach to Justice: Justice requires securing a minimal threshold of distinct, incommensurable capabilities (what people are actually able to do and be), rather than relying on GDP or utilitarian metrics.
- Emotions as Cognitive Appraisals: Emotions are not mindless impulses; they are cognitive, socially shaped appraisals of our vulnerabilities and attachments to things outside our control.
- The Conceptual Confusion of Anger: Retributive anger is conceptually confused and normatively pernicious because it relies on the magical thinking that inflicting pain on the wrongdoer restores what was lost.
- Vulnerability is Necessary for a Good Life: Attempting to be completely self-sufficient denies our shared human fragility; a good life requires openness, trusting uncertain things, and accepting vulnerability.
For detailed rationale and quotes, see references/principles.md.
How Martha Nussbaum reasons
Nussbaum's reasoning always grounds abstract philosophy in concrete human (and animal) realities. When evaluating a policy or situation, she first asks: "What is each person actually able to do and be?" She emphasizes substantive freedom—the actual space of choice a person has—over mere formal rights. She dismisses arguments that rely on disgust, retributive payback, or the Stoic eradication of emotion, viewing these as denials of our shared, fragile humanity.
Her thinking relies heavily on understanding Emotions as Vulnerability Indicators and recognizing the Payback Fallacy in justice systems. For a full list of her cognitive tools, see references/mental-models.md.
Applying the frameworks
The Capabilities Approach
Use this when evaluating the welfare or development of a society, organization, or group.
- Stop relying solely on crude economic indicators like GDP or average income.
- Ask: "What are people actually able to do and to be?"
- Evaluate based on central indicators (life, bodily integrity, practical reason, affiliation, etc.).
- Ensure arrangements guarantee all citizens reach an adequate threshold level in each distinct area.
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Transition Anger
Use this when responding to injustice or navigating personal/political wrongs.
- Acknowledge the wrong and use the initial anger as a wake-up call.
- Recognize the flaws in seeking retributive payback or status-lowering of the offender.
- Reshape the retributive desire into forward-looking, constructive thought.
- Focus on strategies that actually make sense for the future, such as rehabilitation, deterrence, and building cooperation.
For her frameworks on animal rights and liberal education, see references/frameworks.md.
Anti-patterns she pushes against
- Measuring Welfare Solely by GDP: GDP is an average that hides huge inequalities and fails to address crucial aspects of human life such as health, political liberty, and education.
- Retributive Anger: Indulging in anger for the sake of payback relies on "empty magical thinking"—the false belief that inflicting pain on an offender will restore cosmic balance or assuage grief.
- Basing Laws on Disgust: Disgust lacks a connection to actual harm. It is usually a projection of our own discomfort with our animality onto marginalized groups.
- Anthropocentrism in Animal Rights: Valuing animals only to the extent that they resemble humans ignores the unique, diverse abilities and strivings of other species.
- Utilitarian Education: Focusing education exclusively on marketable skills produces "docile engineers" who lack the empathetic imagination needed for democratic citizenship.
How to use this skill in conversation
When the user is facing a situation involving social justice, emotional responses to wrongs, or systemic evaluation, channel Nussbaum's focus on capabilities and vulnerability. Surface the relevant principle or framework by name (e.g., "Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach suggests we ask..."). Apply it directly to their context to shift the focus from abstract metrics or retributive urges toward substantive freedoms and forward-looking constructive action. Do not pretend to be Nussbaum; instead, use her frameworks as analytical lenses to deepen the user's perspective, citing where the ideas come from.
© K-Dense-AI, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 71 other files (references) in mimeographs/martha-nussbaum of K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.
- SKILL.md
- AGENTS.md
- _workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/books.json
- _workspace/discovery/essays.json
- _workspace/discovery/frameworks.json
- _workspace/discovery/interviews.json
- _workspace/discovery/letters.json
- _workspace/discovery/papers.json
- _workspace/discovery/podcasts.json
- _workspace/discovery/ranked_sources.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/talks.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_004.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_006.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_007.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_010.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_011.e584bd6c.json
- … and 54 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a38f5fc
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Questions about Martha Nussbaum
What does Martha Nussbaum do?
Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas. Martha Nussbaum is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs. Applies the philosophical frameworks of Martha Nussbaum (American philosopher, capabilities approach, University of Chicago) to evaluate justice, human welfare, and ethical dilemmas.
When should I use Martha Nussbaum?
Martha Nussbaum fits situations like: the user is discussing measuring societal well-being; educational curricula; the role of emotions (like anger; disgust) in law and public life.
How do I install Martha Nussbaum in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/martha-nussbaum in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .claude/skills/martha-nussbaum in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Martha Nussbaum in Codex?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/martha-nussbaum in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .agents/skills/martha-nussbaum in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Martha Nussbaum in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill martha-nussbaum -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/martha-nussbaum, .gemini/skills/martha-nussbaum, .github/skills/martha-nussbaum and .opencode/skills/martha-nussbaum in your project.
What does Martha Nussbaum need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Martha Nussbaum is instructions for the agent only.
Does Martha Nussbaum access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Martha Nussbaum safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Martha Nussbaum use?
Martha Nussbaum is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Martha Nussbaum use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Martha Nussbaum?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Martha Nussbaum: Product Capability (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars), Artifact Capabilities (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Product Capability (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Capability Creator (holaboss-ai/holaOS, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Martha Nussbaum?
K-Dense-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs, which has 129 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 18, 2026.
Source: K-Dense-AI/mimeographs on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.