[ES] La fragilidad del bien es un estudio de la antigua concepci?n griega de la fortuna moral en el que Martha C. Nussbaum examina el problema ?tico fundamental que es la constataci?n de que muchos de los constitutivos valiosos de la vida buena son vulnerables a la acci?n incontrolada de agentes externos, como la fortuna. Este libro recupera una dimensi?n central del pensamiento griego y plantea problemas de enorme actualidad en la ?tica contempor?nea. Uno de sus aspectos m?s originales se halla en an?lisis conjunto de textos literarios y filos?ficos, especialmente de la tragedia, de Plat?n y de Arist?teles.

[EN] The fragility of goodness is a study of ancient Greek views about moral luck in which Martha C. Nussbaum examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, as the luck. This book recovers a central dimensi?n of Greek thought and addresses major issues in contemporary ethical theory. One of its most original aspects is its interrelated treatment of both literary and philosophical texts, specially of tragedy, Plato and Aristotle.