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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
2009 book by Michael Sandel
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? is a 2009 book on political philosophy by Michael J.
Sandel.
Background
The work was written to accompany Sandel's "Justice" course at Harvard University, which he has taught for more than thirty years and which has been offered online and in various TV summary versions.
There is also an accompanying sourcebook of readings: Justice: A Reader.[1]
Summary
Sandel addresses a series of alternative theories of justice. The utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham is outlined and criticised and then John Stuart Mill's refinements are discussed.
The libertarians, in particular Robert Nozick, and their arguments are discussed. Then Sandel discusses Immanuel Kant and his 'categorical imperative'.
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The discussion then goes on to John Rawls's work. Then Aristotle and the concept of 'telos' is discussed. It is here that Sandel begins to make clear his own perspective. He