num_pages: 308
description: For Michael Sandel justice is not a spectator sport The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed bookbased on his legendary Harvard courseSandel 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 marketsSandel 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 wisean essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.
language: English
title: Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux