Justice
Subtitle: what's the right thing to do?
By: Michael J. Sandel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780374180652
Subjects: Justice; Values; Ethics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Doing the right thing; title: Utilitarianism : Bentham and J.S. Mill; title: Libertarianism; title: John Locke; title: Markets and morals; title: Immanuel Kant; title: John Rawls; title: Affirmative action; title: Aristotle; title: Liberals and communitarians; title: Conclusion: Reconnecting politics and morals.