Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel.

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Sandel, Michael J

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.Description: 308 p. : 21 cmISBN:

9780374532505 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

172.2

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Books	Azim Premji University, Bhopal	Harini Nagendra and Venkatachalam Suri collection	172.2 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MPG396

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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.

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