Vol. 2, Issue 5, Part I (2016)

Abstract
Martha C. Nussbaum, along with a few other philosophers contributed towards bridging philosophy and literature, rendering it “a form that is the most appropriate one for their expression”. The multiple dimensions of literary studies were understood in the context of debates on self-understanding and the appropriateness of the methods of self-understanding. In this paper I intend to reflect upon Nussbaum’s take on philosophy of literature with the intension of finding out the reasons behind ethical grounding of literatures, especially focusing upon its impact upon the moral well-being of an individual.