"For Michael Sandel?? justice is not a spectator sport??"i>The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed book??based on his legendary Harvard course??Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse. " terms we can all understand??"wrote Jonathan Rauch in The New York Times?? Justice "onfronts us with the concepts that lurk . . . beneath our conflicts."
Affirmative action?? same-sex marriage?? physician-assisted suicide?? abortion?? national service?? 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 as well.
Justice is lively?? thought-provoking?? and wise??an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.