"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
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
✍ Scribed by Sandel, Michael J
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2010;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- First pbk. edition
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Doing the right thing -- The greatest happiness principle : utilitarianism -- Do we own ourselves? : libertarianism -- Hired help : markets and morals -- What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant -- The case for equality : John Rawls -- Arguing affirmative action -- Who deserves what? : Aristotle -- What do we owe one another? : dilemmas of loyalty -- Justice and the common good.;Examines the meaning of justice in a variety of situations and asks the reader to morally and politically reflect on each topic.
✦ Table of Contents
Doing the right thing --
The greatest happiness principle : utilitarianism --
Do we own ourselves? : libertarianism --
Hired help : markets and morals --
What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant --
The case for equality : John Rawls --
Arguing affirmative action --
Who deserves what? : Aristotle --
What do we owe one another? : dilemmas of loyalty --
Justice and the common good.
✦ Subjects
Ethics & Moral Philosophy;PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy;Values;Ethics;Justice;;PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Doing the right thing -- The greatest happiness principle : utilitarianism -- Do we own ourselves? : libertarianism -- Hired help : markets and morals -- What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant -- The case for equality : John Rawls -- Arguing affirmative action -- Who deserves what? : Aristotle -
<em>Justicia </em>ha vendido un millón de ejemplares, el curso de Michael Sandel en Harvard ha inspirado a millones de personas y su versión televisiva es un éxito de masas. La explicación es sencilla: al examinar el papel de la justicia en nuestras vidas y en la sociedad, Sandel explica cómo la fil