Public Philosophy Essays on Morality in Politics

Name: Public Philosophy Essays on Morality in Politics
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ISBN: 9780674023659

ISBN-10: 067402365X

ISBN-13: 9780674023659

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

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In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political life--individual rights and freedom of choice--do not by themselves provide an adequate ethic for a democratic society. Sandel calls for a politics that gives greater emphasis to citizenship, community, and civic virtue, and that grapples more directly with questions of the good life. Liberals often worry that…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



American Civic Life



America's Search for a Public Philosophy



Beyond Individualism: Democrats and Community



The Politics of Easy Virtue



Big Ideas



The Problem with Civility



Impeachment--Then and Now



Robert F. Kennedy's Promise



Moral and Political Arguments



Against State Lotteries



Commercials in the Classroom



Branding the Public Realm



Sports and Civic Identity



History for Sale



The Market for Merit



Should We Buy the Right to Pollute?



Honor and Resentment



Arguing Affirmative Action



Should Victims Have a Say in Sentencing?



Clinton and Kant on Lying



Is There a Right to Assisted Suicide?



Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem Cell Research



Moral Argument and Liberal Toleration: Abortion and Homosexuality



Liberalism, Pluralism, and Community



Morality and the Liberal Ideal



The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self



Justice as Membership



The Peril of Extinction



Dewey's Liberalism and Ours



Mastery and Hubris in Judaism: What's Wrong with Playing God?



Political Liberalism



Remembering Rawls



The Limits of Communitarianism Notes Credits Index