This is such a book.” (Jeffrey Abramson, Texas Law Review) “Every once in a while, a book comes along of such grace, power, and wit that it enthralls us with a yearning to know what justice is. Justice is a timely plea for us to desist from political bickering and see if we can have a sensible discussion about what sort of society we really want to live in.” (Jonathan Ree, The Observer (London)) “Hard cases may make bad law, but in Michael Sandel’s hands they produce some cool philosophy…. " Justice, the new volume from superstar Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel, showcases the thinking on public morality that has made him one of the most sought-after lecturers in the world." (Richard Reeves, Democracy)
He ends up clarifying a basic political divide - not between left and right, but between those who recognize nothing greater than individual rights and choices, and those who affirm a ‘politics of the common good,' rooted in moral beliefs that can't be ignored.” (Michael Gerson, Washington Post) But Sandel is best at what he calls bringing ‘moral clarity to the alternatives we confront as democratic citizens ’…. “Michael Sandel, perhaps the most prominent college professor in America…practices the best kind of academic populism, managing to simplify John Stuart Mill and John Rawls without being simplistic. He is calling for nothing less than a reinvigoration of citizenship.” (Samuel Moyn, The Nation) For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport…. Erudite, conversational and deeply humane, this is truly transformative reading.” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“Sandel dazzles in this sweeping survey of hot topics…. In terms we can all understand, ‘Justice’ confronts us with the concepts that lurk, so often unacknowledged, beneath our conflicts.” (Jonathan Rauch, New York Times) “Sandel explains theories of justice…with clarity and immediacy the ideas of Aristotle, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Robert Nozick and John Rawls have rarely, if ever, been set out as accessibly…. "More than exhilarating exciting in its ability to persuade this student/reader, time and again, that the principle now being invoked-on this page, in this chapter-is the one to deliver the sufficiently inclusive guide to the making of a decent life." (Vivian Gornick, Boston Review)
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