Sandel, Michael J.. Justice - What's the Right Thing to Do?. Macmillan USA, 2010.
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Michael J. Sandel

Justice

What's the Right Thing to Do?
  • Macmillan USA
  • 2010
  • Taschenbuch
  • 320 Seiten
  • ISBN 9780374532505

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens **"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport,"The Nation 's reviewer of Justice remarked. ** In his acclaimed book-based on his legendary Harvard course-Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse. "In terms we can all understand," wrote Jonathan Rauch in The New York Times , Justice "confronts us with the concepts that lurk . . . beneath our conflicts." Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets-Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp of

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philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well. Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise-an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.

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