Justice: What's The Right Thing to Do? (Inscribed Copy)

Sandel, Michael J.

ISBN 10: 0374180652 / ISBN 13: 9780374180652

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG), 2009

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Inscribed Copy of this essay by the political philosopher and authority on social justice. Michael Sandel.For year Sandels has been a leading public intellectual, highly regarded for his lectures on social justice at Harvard. In the digital age, he's attained improbable rock star status through massively viewed TED talks that have led to real world public talks drawing crowds more typical of street philosophers such as Jay Z and Kanye West than your local college philosophy professor Inscribed by Michael Sandel to a previous owner on the title page. 308 pages. Fourth Printing. No sign of previous use. Seller Inventory # 014575

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Title: Justice: What's The Right Thing to Do? (...

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG)

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Do individual rights and the common good conflict?

Michael J. Sandel’s “Justice” course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. Up to a thousand students pack the campus theater to hear Sandel relate the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and this fall, public television will air a series based on the course. Justice offers readers the same exhilarating journey that captivates Harvard students. This book is a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice, one that invites readers of all political persuasions to consider familiar controversies in fresh and illuminating ways. Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, the moral limits of markets—Sandel dramatizes the challenge of thinking through these con?icts, and shows how a surer grasp of 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.

About the Author:

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.