Sandel, Michael J.

Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. - 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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Justice.
Values.
Ethics.

JC 578 .S25 2009