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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel
Category: Crime Fiction
What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Do individual rights and the comm ...Show more
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J Sandel
Category: Non-Fiction
Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, 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.
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
Category: Politics
One of the world's leading philosophers on how we can restore social solidarity and overcome our rancorous politicsThese 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 inequ ...Show more
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
Category: Non-Fiction
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 fru ...Show more
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel
Category: Business
"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 ...Show more
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel
Category: Non-Fiction
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 the ...Show more
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