Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Name: Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
ISBN: 9780521245012

by Michael J. Sandel · first published 1982

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SHOwnsYou · Jul 10, 2010 · Recommends

If you enjoy debating philosophy (especially value based/govt philosophy), Liberalism and the Limits of Justice by Michael Sandel builds up and absolutely destroys around 10 of the most common premises for these types of debates. A hundred other issues are dealt with along the way and this will change the way you…
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SHOwnsYou · Oct 8, 2010 · Recommends

…14th Amendment offers such a great framework to view the Constitution that reading this book alone before college allowed me to ace any government type class I ever took. More dense and more theory: Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. I have read it 3 or 4 times and I still haven't digested all of it. It starts with an excellent argument for the primacy of justice and then destroys it. My favorite section of his book was about morality/enforceability…
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triplesec · Sep 8, 2020 · Mentions

…Justice (A hugely important work on rights and principles of political decisionmaking) Robert Nozick: Anarchy, State and Utopia (a right-wing / libertarian oriented response to Rawls) Michael Sandel: Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (critique of liberalism and introducing communitarianism)
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