Justice

Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. He is the author of numerous books, including Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, Democracy's Discontent, Public Philosophy and most recently, The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering.

• I. INTRODUCTION: DOING THE RIGHT THING ; The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens (1884)(The lifeboat case) ; II. UTILITARIANISM ; Principles of Morals and Legistlation ; Utilitiarianism ; III. LIBERTARIANISM ; Free to Choose ; Anarchy, State, and Utopia ; The Constitution of Liberty ; IV. LOCKE: PROPERTY RIGHTS ; Second Treatise of Government ; V. MARKETS AND MORALS: SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD, MILITARY SERVICE ; Tragic Choices ; Battle Cry of Freedom ; "All Go Down Together" ; In the Matter of Baby 'M' (1987) ; In the Matter of Baby 'M' (1988, N.J.Supreme Court) ; "Is Women's Labor a Commodity?" ; VI. KANT: FREEDOM AS AUTONOMY ; Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals ; "On the Supposed Right to Lie" ; VII. RAWLS: JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS ; A Theory of Justice ; VIII. DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: EQUALITY, ENTITLEMENT, AND MERIT ; A Theory of Justice ; Anarchy, State, and Utopia ; IX. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: REVERSE DISCRIMINATION? ; "Racial Discrimination or Righting Past Wrongs?" ; Hopwood v. State of Texas (1996) ; Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) ; "Bakke's Case: Are Quotas Unfair?" ; "Double Reverse Discrimination" ; "Proxy War: Liberals Denounce Racial Profiling. Conservatives Denounce Affirmative Action. What's the Difference?" ; X. ARISTOTLE: JUSTICE AND VIRTUE ; The Politics ; Nichomachean Ethics ; XI. ABILITY, DISABILITY, AND DISCRIMINATION: CHEERLEADERS AND GOLF CARTS ; "A Safety Blitz; Texas Cheerleader Loses Status" ; "Honor and Resentment" ; "Sorry, Free Rides Not Right" ; "Keep the PGA on Foot" ; PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin (2000) ; XII. JUSTICE, COMMUNITY, AND MEMBERSHIP ; After Virtue ; Democracy's Discontent ; Spheres of Justice ; XIII. MORAL ARGUMENT AND LIBERAL TOLERATION ; Moral Liberalism ; "Political Liberalism" ; XV. MORALITY AND LAW: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, FOR AND AGAINST ; Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health (2003) ; "Abolish Marriage" ; "Law, Morality, and 'Sexual Orientation'" ; "Homosexuality and the Conservative Mind" ; "Universalism, Liberal Theory, and the Problem of Gay Marriage"

Michael Sandel is one of the most popular and influential college professors in America. For more than twenty years, hundreds of students at a time have packed into a Harvard University lecture hall to hear his discourses on justice; and hundreds have streamed out feeling a surprisingly personal connection with their gifted teacher. This book reveals Sandel's secret recipe for enthralling students with timeless questions of law, justice, and morality in a decidedly contemporary context.