Popular Harvard professor 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.
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ISBN:0374180652 (alk. paper)
ISBN:9780374180652 (alk. paper)
Physical Description:308 pages ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Farrar, Straus and Giroux,[2009]
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Doing the right thing -- Utilitarianism : Bentham and J.S. Mill -- Libertarianism -- John Locke -- Markets and morals -- Immanuel Kant -- John Rawls -- Affirmative action -- Aristotle -- Liberals and communitarians -- Conclusion: Reconnecting politics and morals.