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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Sandel, Michael J.
Title:	Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Description:	308 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:	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.
Subjects:	Justice. Values. Ethics.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	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.
LCCN:	2009025438
ISBN:	9780374180652 0374180652
Other Number:	317928901
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Control Number:	252797
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Call Number:	172.2 Sandel

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