LEADER 00000pam 2200349 a 4500 001 ocn317928901 003 OCoLC 005 20141231175008.0 008 090622s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2009025438 020 9780374180652 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 0374180652 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 (OCoLC)317928901 040 DLC|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dBRL|dUPZ|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW|erda 082 00 172/.2|222 092 172.2|bSAN 100 1 Sandel, Michael J. 245 10 Justice :|bwhat's the right thing to do? /|cMichael J. Sandel. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,|c2009. 300 308 pages ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-292) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 650 0 Justice. 650 0 Values. 650 0 Ethics.
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