In Justice, Sandel reveals the philosophical roots of contemporary cultural and political debates—and would Kant have defended Bill Clinton during Lewinsky-gate? What drew you to philosophy? I'd ...

Political philosopher Michael Sandel—a Harvard professor whose popular course on “Justice” has reached tens of millions of people on television and online—will deliver a Presidential Colloquium on ...

As the Supreme Court handed down two major decisions favoring gay marriage on June 26th, a massive crowd erupted in cheers, waving homemade signs and singing patriotic anthems. Three months ago, on ...

If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did ...

Should we always reward the highest bidder? The moral limits of markets with Harvard's Michael Sandel, author of “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.” Harvard professor Michael Sandel ...

The Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel’s 10th book, The Tyranny of Merit, out this month from FSG, covers a lot of ground for a short text — especially in its sweeping second chapter, “A ...

Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. His books — on justice, democracy, ethics, meritocracy, and markets — have been translated into more than 30 languages. He has been ...

Harvard Government Professor Michael J. Sandel has argued before thousands of students in his popular course “Justice” for the redistribution of wealth and esteem — and now he has the chance to do it ...