Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel.
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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- ISBN: 9780374180652 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0374180652 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 308 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Doing the right thing -- The greatest 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. |
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Subject: | Justice. Values. Ethics. Rechtvaardigheid. Ethiek. |
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