Justice
by Michael Sandel
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Sandel dismantles the idea that justice is simply about maximising welfare or respecting freedom. Through real dilemmas, he argues we cannot avoid moral judgement in public life.
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It draws on Nicomachean Ethics.
It’s picked up by Sapiens and The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?.
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Sandel draws on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics on virtue.
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Harari engages with Sandel's moral philosophy to explore whether concepts like justice and human rights are objective truths or useful fictions that enable large-scale cooperation.
Extends Sandel's own Justice framework by deepening his critique of Rawls' difference principle, arguing that even Rawlsian liberalism inadvertently legitimizes meritocratic sorting and winner-take-all inequality
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