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

By: Sandel, Michael J.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: UK : Penguin Random House, 2010Description: 308 p.ISBN: 9780141041339.Subject(s): Justice | Values | EthicsDDC classification: 172.2 Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information Summary: What do we owe one another as citizens? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Can dissent be patriotic? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? How can we balance individual rights and the common good? These questions are at the core of our public life today--and at the heart of Justice, in which Michael Sandel shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us to make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.
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What do we owe one another as citizens? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Can dissent be patriotic? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? How can we balance individual rights and the common good? These questions are at the core of our public life today--and at the heart of Justice, in which Michael Sandel shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us to make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

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