#  Michael J. Sandel 

 



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**Michael Sandel** teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. His writings—on justice, ethics, democracy, and markets--have been translated into 27 languages. His course “Justice” is the first Harvard course to be made freely available [online](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajlZMdPkKE) and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the “most influential foreign figure of the year.” (*China Newsweek*). [Read More](/bio).



 

  [### What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

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  [### Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

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  [### The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering

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  [### Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics

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  [### Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy

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  [### Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

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##  A Journey in Moral Reasoning 

Teaching philosophy through dialog with audiences around the world, from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to an outdoor stadium in Seoul, S. Korea.

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

##  The Global Philosopher: Should the Rich World Pay for Climate Change? - BBC News 

Sixty people from 30 countries join Michael Sandel in a digital studio at Harvard to discuss the philosophical issues underlying the world's response to climate change.