Michael Sandel

what's the right thing to do?

Justice

Going on my Books Every Human Should Read list. This one is incredibly important, particularly for Americans, as it breaks down moral questions to a depth unheard of in our current public discourse. It ends on an optimistic note, suggesting how and why it matters that we discuss things like inequality in a particular way. Highly recommended, but plan time to work through this one slowly.

Sarah Schumacher

Hannah Yang

solid and very accessible overview of major theories of justice accompanied by present-day case studies. kind of bewildering, however, that in all of his cases re abortion / surrogacy there is no reference to female-identifying philosophers and i'm pretty sure in cases re race there is no reference to non-white philosophers despite no lack of these perspectives -- but i suppose it's only meant to be a broad overview since ethics is a giant area of philosophy and it is still a good discussion starter/introductory text

Justice what's the right thing to do?

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