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Justice : what's the right thing to do? / Michael J. Sandel.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.Description: 308 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780374180652 (alk. paper)
  • 0374180652 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.011
LOC classification:
  • JC 578 S214j 2009
Contents:
1. Doing the right thing -- 2. The greatest happiness : utilitarianism -- 3. Do we own ourselves? : libertarianism -- 4. Hired help : markets and morals -- 5. What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant -- 6. The case for equality : John Rawls -- 7. Arguing affirmative action -- 8. Who deserves what? : Aristotle -- 9. What do we owe one another? : dilemmas of loyalty -- 10. Justice and the common good.
Summary: 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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JC 578 S214j 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000076836

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index.

1. Doing the right thing -- 2. The greatest happiness : utilitarianism -- 3. Do we own ourselves? : libertarianism -- 4. Hired help : markets and morals -- 5. What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant -- 6. The case for equality : John Rawls -- 7. Arguing affirmative action -- 8. Who deserves what? : Aristotle -- 9. What do we owe one another? : dilemmas of loyalty -- 10. Justice and the common good.

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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