Author: Michael J. Sandel
Translator: Myung-Cheol Kim
Publisher: Wiseberry
444 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
"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 a most lucid and engaging guide for those who
yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse. "In terms we
can all understand," wrote Jonathan Rauch in The New York Times, Justice
"confronts us with the concepts that lurk... beneath our conflicts."
Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide,
abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets... Sandel
relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing
issues of the day, 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.
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of
Government at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1980, and
the author of many books. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
"Harvard government professor Sandel dazzles in this sweeping survey of
hot topics?the recent government bailouts, the draft, surrogate
pregnancies, same-sex marriage, immigration reform and reparations for
slavery?that situates various sides in the debates in the context of
timeless philosophical questions and movements. Sandel takes
utilitarianism, Kant's categorical imperative and Rawls's theory of
justice out of the classroom, dusts them off and reveals how crucial
these theories have been in the construction of Western societies?and
how they inform almost every issue at the center of our modern-day
polis. The content is dense but elegantly presented, and Sandel has a
rare gift for making complex issues comprehensible, even entertaining
(see his sections entitled 'Shakespeare versus the Simpsons' and 'What
Ethics Can Learn from Jack Benny and Miss Manners'), without
compromising their gravity. With exegeses of Winnie the Pooh,
transcripts of Bill Clinton's impeachment hearing and the works of
almost every major political philosopher, Sandel reveals how even our
most knee-jerk responses bespeak our personal conceptions of the rights
and obligations of the individual and society at large. Erudite,
conversational and deeply humane, this is truly transformative reading."
--Publishers Weekly
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