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Justice what's the right thing to do?

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 mark...

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Main Author: Sandel, Michael J.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Justice.
Values.
Ethics.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 308 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780374180652 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374180652 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1980. He has taught his undergraduate course "Justice" to more than 15,000 Harvard students over the years, and video footage of the course was adapted into a PBS television series. Sandel graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University and received his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He served on the George W. Bush administration's President's Council on Bioethics. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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