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, ...

“For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport,” 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 complicate...

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A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020 ANew Statesman's Best Book of 2020 A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020AGuardianBest Book About Ideas of 2020 The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice...

A renowned political philosopher rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our societyShould 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?...