lorddad 's review for:

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel

4.0

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I would recommend this book to anyone interested in politics or the concept of justice in modern society. The author, who has taught a course on justice for many years at Harvard, does a good job spelling out historical and modern schools of thought on Justice, and where they are strong and where he feels they fail. His philosophy ultimately doesn't learn one way or another and he spells out why extremely well in the book. He's also great at continuing to spell out difficult theories such as Kant's Categorical Imperative.

The book has helped me come to appreciate many influences in society I thought unnecessary, such as patriotism and the role of moral argument in politics.