Justice - What's the Right Thing to Do?

Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Sandel Klappentext A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens "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. Zusammenfassung Michael J. Sandel shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us to make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J. Sandel
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.08.2010
• EAN: 9780374532505
• ISBN: 978-0-374-53250-5
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Farrar, Strauß and Giroux; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Gerechtigkeit, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Englische Bücher / Geisteswissenschaften / Philosophie