Justice : what's the right thing to do? /
Sandel, Michael J.
Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. - 308 p. : 21 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
Doing the right thing --
The great 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.
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.
9780374532505 (pbk.)
Social justice.
Social values.
Ethics.
172.2
Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. - 308 p. : 21 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
Doing the right thing --
The great 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.
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.
9780374532505 (pbk.)
Social justice.
Social values.
Ethics.
172.2