Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Audiobook = bad idea. Sure, it is based on lectures, but I'm pretty sure the students had something in print to help them along. It takes a lot more concentration than I'm used to giving an audiobook. ( )

An excellent overview of philosophical/ethical systems. If only I had this book earlier when I started reading philosophy, I'd have saved a lot of time. Go for the iTunes U version if you'd like!

Starts off with a brief overview of ethical systems - utilitarianism, libertarianism, Kant's categorial imperative, Rawlsian justice, and then works through case examples - affirmative action, euthanasia, etc. Very clear and thorough arguments, for and against. If Sandel has a bias for one over the other, he hides it very well. ( )

I participate in a book club with Koreans in Seoul. We're reading this right now. It's a difficult book for them to read in English. As I read it, it appears to be the kind of thing I could use (both excerpted and entirely) for one of my Business Ethics courses. The author frames popular ethical debates well and offers engaging claims in response that would be sure to create good classroom discourse.

As with most books written for Ethics courses and education, the material is engaged with the American market. In my opinion these books should encourage learning about what markets are and how they function. Most students/readers I know hold many uncritical assumptions about markets that hinder any positive discourse about markets action.

One of the best things about this book is that it got me thinking beyond the surface of what seems fair or good. I liked the logical examination of different philosophies of thought about what is fair or just. ( )

Excellent questions on how we determine what is just with basic philosophical summaries. Do you follow the freedom, utilitarian or libertarian definition of justice, and how do you defend it? ( )