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 common good conflict? Michael J. Sandel's "Justice" course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. Up to a thousand students pack the campus theater to hear Sandel relate the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and this fall, public television will air a series based on the course. "Justice "offers readers the same exhilarating journey that captivates Harvard students. This book is a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice, one that invites readers of all political persuasions to consider familiar controversies in fresh and illuminating ways.

1.DOING THE RIGHT THING

2. THE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE / 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 AmRMA11VE ACTION

8. WHO DESERVES WHAT? / ARISTOTLE

9. WHAT DO WE OWE OHE AHOTHER? / DILEMMAS OF LOYALTY

10.JUSTICE AND THE COMMON GOOD

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