From Publishers Weekly
Harvard government professor Sandel (Public Philosophy) dazzles in this sweeping survey of hot topics—the recent government bailouts, the draft, surrogate pregnancies, same-sex marriage, immigration reform and reparations for slavery—that situates various sides in the debates in the context of timeless philosophical questions and movements. Sandel takes utilitarianism, Kant's categorical imperative and Rawls's theory of justice out of the classroom, dusts them off and reveals how crucial these theories have been in the construction of Western societies—and how they inform almost every issue at the center of our modern-day polis. The content is dense but elegantly presented, and Sandel has a rare gift for making complex issues comprehensible, even entertaining (see his sections entitled Shakespeare versus the Simpsons and What Ethics Can Learn from Jack Benny and Miss Manners), without compromising their gravity. With exegeses of Winnie the Pooh, transcripts of Bill Clinton's impeachment hearing and the works of almost every major political philosopher, Sandel reveals how even our most knee-jerk responses bespeak our personal conceptions of the rights and obligations of the individual and society at large. Erudite, conversational and deeply humane, this is truly transformative reading. (Oct.)
From The Washington Post
philosophy prof as TV star: Not many thinkers can pull that off, but Michael Sandel has taken his courses on political philosophy from the halls of Harvard to the nation's small screens, courtesy of PBS. Sandel's appeal lies partly in the striking hypotheticals he throws out, such as whether it's okay to kill one person directly (on an overloaded lifeboat, for example) to save three others; and partly in the way he makes good use of even rambling responses by the students he calls upon. He also discusses thorny issues with clarity, insight and a broad range of references -- traits on display in his new book. In a chapter on equality, Sandel addresses a question raised by the philosopher John Rawls: whether we should settle for a system in which "the average schoolteacher . . . makes about $43,000 a year [while] David Letterman . . . earns $31 million a year." After summarizing Rawls's observations about the many contingencies affecting how one's talents match (or do not) the needs of the society in which one lives, Sandel brings the discussion down to Earth by quoting from Woody Allen's movie "Stardust Memories." The much wealthier and more famous character played by Allen defends his celebrityhood to an old friend, now a cabbie, by saying: "If I had been an Apache Indian, those guys didn't need comedians at all, right? So I'd be out of work." The cabbie, however, gets the last word: "Oh, come on, that doesn't help me feel any better."
第一次接触公正这个话题的系统性思考,是偶然看到了哈佛的“公正”这门公开课视频。道德两难的境地大概会对每个人造成困扰,但系统性的对此进行思考却不容易。基于的道德的判断很容易变成“信念”,可是这种信念往往经不住推敲。 “公正”公开课的视频看了大概4集,但总觉得节...
評分现在,人们也在谈公正了。 也许是,人们以前谈惯了发展、GDP、先富起来,现在乍谈起公正来难免谈得有些急功近利,心浮气躁。所以党报特地发表长文要求大家:理性看待社会公正。我虽从没有不理性看待公正,但捧读之后,依然觉得如醍醐灌了顶,茅塞都顿开了。 应该坦...
評分怀着对当下社会现状和一些道德困境的观察与思考,哈佛大学的桑德尔(Sandel)教授请来了亚里士多德(Aristotle),卢梭(Rousseau),边沁(Bentham),洛克(Locke),密尔(Mill),康德(Kant),罗尔斯(Rawls),诺齐克(Nozick),弗里德曼(Friedman)等哲学家,参加一场题为“公义:什么是...
評分给这本书写书评其实是件很难的事。当然如果我是出版社的枪手,可以毫不费力地东拉西扯出五千字,可是这样做没有意义。因为桑德尔的思想,以及这本书的价值,几句话就可以说清楚了。 《公正》不是严格的哲学著作。桑德尔通过大量的例子,分析了关于理解“公正”的三...
評分第一次接触公正这个话题的系统性思考,是偶然看到了哈佛的“公正”这门公开课视频。道德两难的境地大概会对每个人造成困扰,但系统性的对此进行思考却不容易。基于的道德的判断很容易变成“信念”,可是这种信念往往经不住推敲。 “公正”公开课的视频看了大概4集,但总觉得节...
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评分這個isbn對應的是Audio CD版,但是提交修改信息還沒被采納。感覺豆瓣書目直接采集amazon産品鏈接信息的功能取消後,真的很不方便。迴到這本書來,書本身蠻好,會給你帶來思考,而且因為覺得聽有聲書比看視頻方便,聽完後發現這些課聽音頻也已經能夠得到大部分信息瞭。
评分這個isbn對應的是Audio CD版,但是提交修改信息還沒被采納。感覺豆瓣書目直接采集amazon産品鏈接信息的功能取消後,真的很不方便。迴到這本書來,書本身蠻好,會給你帶來思考,而且因為覺得聽有聲書比看視頻方便,聽完後發現這些課聽音頻也已經能夠得到大部分信息瞭。
评分這個isbn對應的是Audio CD版,但是提交修改信息還沒被采納。感覺豆瓣書目直接采集amazon産品鏈接信息的功能取消後,真的很不方便。迴到這本書來,書本身蠻好,會給你帶來思考,而且因為覺得聽有聲書比看視頻方便,聽完後發現這些課聽音頻也已經能夠得到大部分信息瞭。
评分這個isbn對應的是Audio CD版,但是提交修改信息還沒被采納。感覺豆瓣書目直接采集amazon産品鏈接信息的功能取消後,真的很不方便。迴到這本書來,書本身蠻好,會給你帶來思考,而且因為覺得聽有聲書比看視頻方便,聽完後發現這些課聽音頻也已經能夠得到大部分信息瞭。
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