Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2009]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Target Audience: 1210L
ISBN:
9780374180652
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PHILOSOPHY Ethics San | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.