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Justice

Michael J. Sandel

  • 320 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2007
  • 24 editions
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1 About this book

Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.

Good for readers who want: philosophy and politics.

  • Ethics
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Morals
  • Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • Social ethics
  • Justice
  • Values

2 About Michael J. Sandel

Born 1953

Michael Joseph Sandel (; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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