Michael J. Sandel, a professor of public philosophy at Harvard, has generated a charmingly rational work of modern philosophy that is bound to provoke in its readers what philosophy provokes best, argument. From gay marriage, to price gouging in a time of crisis, to the selling of organs, to the ethics of surrogacy, Mr. Sandel engages the reader in a debate not only of the subject, but on why we feel the way we feel about certain subjects.
What is right? How do we define right? Can we know it's right? Are there better ways of being right? Why do we have such strong opinions about certain issues? Mr. Sandel interweaves a short history of philosophy in an effort to remind us of how we arrived in our current world of patchwork moralities. If you enjoy being challenged to think through your position on some fairly provocative issues, look no further. Mr. Sandel is waiting to throw around some enlightenment without being too rough in the process. A thought provoking primer... (3/5 Stars)
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