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A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the
American political tradition to address the perils democracy
confronts today. The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had
ended, and America’s version of liberal capitalism seemed
triumphant. And yet, amid the peace and prosperity, anxieties about
the project of self-government could be glimpsed beneath the
surface. So argued Michael Sandel, in his influential and widely
debated book Democracy’s Discontent, published in 1996. The
market faith was eroding the common life. A rising sense of
disempowerment was likely to provoke backlash, he wrote, from those
who would “shore up borders, harden the distinction between
insiders and outsiders, and promise a politics to ‘take back our
culture and take back our country,’ to ‘restore our
sovereignty’ with a vengeance.†Now, a quarter century later,
Sandel updates his classic work for an age when democracy’s
discontent has hardened into a country divided against itself. In
this new edition, he extends his account of America’s civic
struggles from the 1990s to the present. He shows how Democrats and
Republicans alike embraced a version of finance-driven
globalization that created a society of winners and losers and
fueled the toxic politics of our time. In a work celebrated when
first published as “a remarkable fusion of philosophical and
historical scholarship†(Alan Brinkley), Sandel recalls moments
in the American past when the country found ways to hold economic
power to democratic account. To reinvigorate democracy, Sandel
argues in a stirring new epilogue, we need to reconfigure the
economy and empower citizens as participants in a shared public
life.
Michael Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? invites
readers of all ages and political persuasions on a journey of moral
reflection, and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate our lives.
Is it always wrong to lie? Should there be limits to personal
freedom? Can killing sometimes be justified? Is the free market
fair? What is the right thing to do? Questions like these are at
the heart of our lives. In this acclaimed book Michael Sandel - BBC
Reith Lecturer and the Harvard professor whose 'Justice' course has
become world famous - gives us a lively and accessible introduction
to the intersection of politics and philosophy. He helps us think
our way through such hotly contested issues as equal rights,
democracy, euthanasia, abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as
the ethical dilemmas we face every day. 'One of the most popular
teachers in the world' - Observer 'Enormously refreshing ...
Michael Sandel transforms moral philosophy by putting it at the
heart of civic debate' - New Statesman 'One of the world's most
interesting political philosophers' - Guardian 'Spellbinding' - The
Nation
Justice brings together in one indispensable volume essential
readings on justice and moral reasoning. With readings from major
thinkers from the classical era up to the present, the collection
provides a thematic overview of the concept of justice. Moreover,
Sandel's organization of the readings and his own commentaries
allow readers to engage with a variety of pressing contemporary
issues. Looking at a host of ethical dilemmas, including
affirmative action, conscription, income distribution, and gay
rights, from a variety of angles--morally, legally,
politically--the collection engages with the core concerns of
political philosophy: individual rights and the claims of
community, equality and inequality, morality and law, and
ultimately, justice. With concise section introductions that put
the readings in context, this anthology is an invaluable tool for
students, teachers, and anyone who wishes to engage in the great
moral debates that have animated politics from classical times to
our own.
A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 The new
bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the
world's most popular philosophers "Astute, insightful, and
empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author
of Educated These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an
age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of
the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched
inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you
try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that
has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and
election of Donald Trump. Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome
the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes
toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and
rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy
generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on
those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about
success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more
conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a
politics of the common good.
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," "The
Nation"'s reviewer of "Justice "remarked. In his acclaimed
book--based on his legendary Harvard course--Sandel offers a rare
education in thinking through the complicated issues and
controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a
most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust
and thoughtful public discourse. "In terms we can all understand,"
wrote Jonathan Rauch in "The New York Times," "Justice ""confronts
us with the concepts that lurk . . . beneath our conflicts."
Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted
suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of
markets--Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy
to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp
of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our
own convictions as well.
"Justice "is lively, thought-provoking, and wise--an essential
new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to
the hard questions of our civic life.
"Sandel explores a paramount question of our era: how to extend the
power and promise of biomedical science to overcome debility
without compromising our humanity. His arguments are acute and
penetrating, melding sound logic with compassion." -Jerome
Groopman, author of How Doctors Think Breakthroughs in genetics
present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we
will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating
diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge
may enable us to manipulate our nature-to enhance our genetic
traits and those of our children. Although most people find at
least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy
to articulate why. What is wrong with re-engineering our nature?
The Case against Perfection explores these and other moral
quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our
children. Michael Sandel argues that the pursuit of perfection is
flawed for reasons that go beyond safety and fairness. The drive to
enhance human nature through genetic technologies is objectionable
because it represents a bid for mastery and dominion that fails to
appreciate the gifted character of human powers and achievements.
Carrying us beyond familiar terms of political discourse, this book
contends that the genetic revolution will change the way
philosophers discuss ethics and will force spiritual questions back
onto the political agenda. In order to grapple with the ethics of
enhancement, we need to confront questions largely lost from view
in the modern world. Since these questions verge on theology,
modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from
them. But our new powers of biotechnology make these questions
unavoidable. Addressing them is the task of this book, by one of
America's preeminent moral and political thinkers.
A classic collection of writings on political philosophy from
leading thinkers of the late 20th century Much contemporary
political philosophy has been a debate between utilitarianism on
the one hand and Kantian, or rights-based ethics on the other.
However, in recent decades liberalism has faced a growing challenge
from a different direction, from a view that argues for a deeper
understanding of citizenship and community than the liberal ethic
allows. The writings collected in this volume present leading
statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian, or
civic republican alternatives to that position. With contributions
from leading theorists such as Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Alasdair
MacIntyre, Liberalism and Its Critics shifts the focus from the
familiar debate between utilitarians and Kantian liberals to
consider a more powerful challenge to the rights-based ethic-a
challenge indebted to Aristotle, Hegel, and the civic republican
tradition.
A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. This new edition includes a new introduction and a new final chapter in which Professor Sandel responds to the later work of John Rawls.
In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of
unusual prominence. In China, he's a phenomenon, greeted by vast
crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity
"usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars." China Newsweek
declared him the "most influential foreign figure" of the year. In
Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas
created by the nation's swift embrace of a market economy-a guide
whose communitarian ideas resonate with aspects of China's own rich
and ancient philosophical traditions. Chinese citizens often
describe a sense that, in sprinting ahead, they have bounded past
whatever barriers once held back the forces of corruption and moral
disregard. The market economy has lifted millions from poverty but
done little to define ultimate goals for individuals or the nation.
Is the market all there is? In this context, Sandel's charismatic,
interactive lecturing style, which roots moral philosophy in
real-world scenarios, has found an audience struggling with
questions of their responsibility to one another. Encountering
China brings together leading experts in Confucian and Daoist
thought to explore the connections and tensions revealed in this
unlikely episode of Chinese engagement with the West. The result is
a profound examination of diverse ideas about the self, justice,
community, gender, and public good. With a foreword by Evan Osnos
that considers Sandel's fame and the state of moral dialogue in
China, the book will itself be a major contribution to the debates
that Sandel sparks in East and West alike.
Despite the success of American life in the last half-century -
unprecedented affluence, greater social justice for women and
minorities, the end of the Cold War - our politics is rife with
discontent. Americans are frustrated with government. We fear we
are losing control of the forces that govern our lives, and that
the moral fabric of community - from neighborhood to nation - is
unraveling around us. What ails democracy in America today, and
what can be done about it? Democracy's Discontent traces our
political predicament to a defect in the public philosophy by which
we live. In a searching account of current controversies over the
role of government, the scope of rights and entitlements, and the
place of morality in politics, Michael Sandel identifies the
dominant public philosophy of our time and finds it flawed. The
defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of
citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans
alike. American politics has lost its civic voice, leaving both
liberals and conservatives unable to inspire the sense of community
and civic engagement that self-government requires. In search of a
public philosophy adequate to our time, Sandel ranges across the
American political experience, recalling the arguments of Jefferson
and Hamilton, Lincoln and Douglas, Holmes and Brandeis, FDR and
Reagan. He relates epic debates over slavery and industrial
capitalism to contemporary controversies over the welfare state,
religion, abortion, gay rights, and hate speech.
In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested
moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative
action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research,
the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and
poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public
life. He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political
life--individual rights and freedom of choice--do not by themselves
provide an adequate ethic for a democratic society. Sandel calls
for a politics that gives greater emphasis to citizenship,
community, and civic virtue, and that grapples more directly with
questions of the good life. Liberals often worry that inviting
moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk
of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to that concern
by showing that substantive moral discourse is not at odds with
progressive public purposes, and that a pluralist society need not
shrink from engaging the moral and religious convictions that its
citizens bring to public life.
A renowned political philosopher rethinks the role that markets and
money should play in our society
Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should
we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow?
Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate
their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars,
outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons, auctioning admission to
elite universities, or selling citizenship to immigrants willing to
pay?
In his "New York Times" bestseller "What Money Can't Buy," Michael
J. Sandel takes up one of the biggest ethical questions of our
time: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything
is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching
into spheres of life where they don't belong? What are the moral
limits of markets?
In recent decades, market values have crowded out nonmarket norms
in almost every aspect of life. Without quite realizing it, Sandel
argues, we have drifted from "having "a market economy to "being "a
market society.
In "Justice," an international bestseller, Sandel showed himself
to be a master at illuminating, with clarity and verve, the hard
moral questions we confront in our everyday lives. Now, in "What
Money Can't Buy," he provokes a debate that's been missing in our
market-driven age: What is the proper role of markets in a
democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic
goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?
What Money Can't Buy is the Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller from
'the superstar philosopher', Michael Sandel Should we financially
reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to
donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars,
outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship?
In recent decades, market values have impinged on almost every
aspect of life - medicine, education, government, law, even family
life. We have drifted from having a market economy to being a
market society. In What Money Can't Buy Michael Sandel asks: Isn't
there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale?
And how do we protect the things that really matter? 'Brilliant,
easily readable, beautifully delivered and often funny ... an
indispensable book' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'In a culture
mesmerised by the market, Sandel's is the indispensable voice of
reason' John Gray, New Statesman 'Provocative and intellectually
suggestive ... little less than a wake-up call' Rowan Williams,
Prospect 'A star philosopher ... entertaining and provocative'
Diane Coyle, Independent 'Let's hope that What Money Can't Buy, by
being so patient and accumulative in its argument and examples,
marks a permanent shift in these debates' John Lanchester, Guardian
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of
Government at Harvard University. His legendary 'Justice' course is
the first Harvard course made freely available online
(www.JusticeHarvard.org) and on television. Hiss work has been
translated into 15 languages and been the subject of television
series in the U.K., the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Sweden, and the
Middle East. He has delivered the Tanner Lectures at Oxford and
been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne, Paris. In 2010, China
Newsweek named him the "most influential foreign figure of the
year" in China. Sandel was the 2009 BBC Reith Lecturer, and his
most recent book Justice is an international bestseller.
A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. This new edition includes a new introduction and a new final chapter in which Professor Sandel responds to the later work of John Rawls.
Como impedir que los valores del mercado se impongan alli donde no
corresponden?
Deberiamos pagar a los ninos para que lean libros o saquen buenas
notas?
Deberiamos permitir que las empresas compren el derecho a
contaminar el medio ambiente? Es etico pagar a gente para probar
nuevos medicamentos peligrosos o para donar sus organos? Y
contratar mercenarios que luchen por nosotros? O vender la
ciudadania a los inmigrantes que quieran pagar? En "Lo que el
dinero no puede comprar," Michael J. Sandel se plantea una de las
mayores cuestiones eticas de nuestro tiempo: hay algo malo en que
todo este a la venta? Si es asi, como podemos impedir que los
valores del mercado alcancen esferas de la sociedad donde no deben
estar? Cuales son los limites morales del mercado?
En las ultimas decadas, los valores del mercado han expulsado a las
demas normas en casi todos los aspectos de la vida cotidiana -
medicina, educacion, gobierno, ley, arte, deporte, incluso la vida
familiar y las relaciones personales. Sin darnos cuenta, dice
Sandel, hemos pasado de tener una economia de mercado a ser una
sociedad de mercado. Es eso lo que queremos ser? Si en su
extraordinario libro "Justicia," Sandel demostro su maestria a las
hora de explicar con claridad y vigor las duras cuestiones morales
que afrontamos en el dia a dia, en este nuevo libro provoca una
discusion esencial que en esta era dominada por el mercado
necesitamos tener: cual es el papel adecuado de los mercados en una
sociedad democratica y como podemos proteger los bienes morales y
civicos que los mercados ignoran y que el dinero no puede comprar.
At a time when democracy in America suffers from a profound sense
of cynicism, lack of trust, and disengagement, especially among
young adults, this book is a much needed antidote. Here are
original essays by some of the most distinguished and insightful
political thinkers of our time. No armchair observers, they have
advised presidents, been public servants, testified before
Congress, helped other countries draft constitutions, worked as
journalists, and won teaching awards. They participate ardently in
the polity and civil society they write about here. The main focus
of the essays is what role universities might be able to play in
reviving a sense of citizenship and civic responsibility in our
society. They represent different perspectives and differing
opinions, making this a rich stimulus for discussion and action. At
stake is nothing less than the future strength of democracy in the
United States.
Civic virtues, public service, and personal sacrifice and
responsibility have again become vital questions for Americans
struggling with the moral and political problems of citizenship. In
Cultivating Citizens Dwight Allman and Michael Beaty bring together
some of America's leading social and political thinkers to address
the question of civic vitality in contemporary American society.
The resulting volume is a serious reflection on the history of
civil society and a rich and rewarding conversation about the
future American civic order.
Civic virtues, public service, and personal sacrifice and
responsibility have again become vital questions for Americans
struggling with the moral and political problems of citizenship. In
Cultivating Citizens Dwight Allman and Michael Beaty bring together
some of America's leading social and political thinkers to address
the question of civic vitality in contemporary American society.
The resulting volume is a serious reflection on the history of
civil society and a rich and rewarding conversation about the
future American civic order.
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