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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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- John Rawls: Add a description of this character.
- Bentham
- Immanuel Kant
- Hopwood
- Callie
- Nozick
- Chris
- Casey Martin
- Mary Beth Whitehead
- Kennedy
- Dworkin
- Hume
- Marshall
- Aristotle
- Luttrell
- Lee
- Dudley
- Clinton
- Sam
- Macintyre
- Parker
- Crist
- William Stern
- Obama
- Bulger
- Anderson
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Israel
- Texas
- Iraq
- Wall Street
- America
- New Jersey
- Florida
- Japan
- New York
- Afghanistan
- France
First Sentence edit
In the summer of 2004, Hurricane Charley roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and swept across Florida to the Atlantic Ocean.
Table of Contents edit
1. Doing the Right Thing
2. The Greatest Happiness Principle/Utilitarianism
3. Do We Own Ourselves?/Libertarianism
4. Hired Help/Markets & Morals
5. What Matters is the Motive/Immanuel Kant
6. The Case for Equality/John Rawls
7. Arguing Affirmative Action
8. Who Deserves What?/Aristotle
9. What Do We Owe One Another?/Dilemmas of Loyalty
10.Justice & the Common Good
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael J. Sandel (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0374180652
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Farrar
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0374180652
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: JC578 .S25 2009
- Dewey: 172.2
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?: The 12 episodes of the "Justice" series presented on Harvard's YouTube channel.
- The Case Against Perfection on FORA.tv: Michael Sandel on FORA.tv discussing "The Case Against Perfection".
- Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning on FORA.tv: Michael Sandel on FORA.tv discussing "Same Sex Marriage; Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning".
- Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?: The 12 episodes of the "Justice" series presented on Harvard's YouTube channel.
- Philosophy Bites: Podcast of Michael Sandel interview with Nigel Warburton on the program "Philosophy Bites". Topic: "What Shouldn't Be Sold".
- Philosophy Bites: Podcast of Michael Sandel interview with Nigel Warburton on the program "Ethical Bites". Topic: "Genetic Enhancement in Sports".
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