Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
Doing the right thing -- The great happiness principle / Utilitarianism -- Do we own ourselves? / Libertarianism -- Hired help / Markets and morals -- What matters is the motive / Immanuel Kant -- The case for equality / John Rawls -- Arguing affirmative action -- Who deserves what? / Aristotle -- What do we owe one another? / Dilemmas of loyalty -- Justice and the common good.
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Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.