Academically inclined readers familiar with Michael J. Sandel’s work will find little new in his latest book. But that’s not the point. Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? is a work of public philosophy, in two senses of the term. First, Sandel endeavors, with considerable success, to explain three different approaches to justice—utility-based, freedom-based, and vir (...)
October 23, 2009
Books
The Limits of Neutrality
JusticeWhat’s the Right Thing to Do?Michael J. SandelFarrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 320 pp.
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