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'Justice'

8/20/2019

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Introduction and Review by Ryan Tibbens
​ORDER HERE: ​Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel's Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do? is both a book and a college course.  In fact, Sandel's class is the most popular course ever offered at Harvard University.  You can watch large portions of the class free of charge at JusticeHarvard.org and on YouTube.  A few years ago, a student told me about the class and its videos; she said that parts of his lectures and discussions reminded her of my class and that I might enjoy it.  I did.  I watched all 15+ hours of video and immediately began thinking about how to implement it in class.  Of course, I couldn't show that much video, particularly in a high school English class, so when I found out that Sandel had written a book based upon the course, I was thrilled.  

An introduction to moral and political philosophy, Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do? now acts as a cornerstone in my AP English Language and Composition classes because it forces deep thinking, critical questioning, and rhetorical discussions. Without my prompting, students will reference the book all year long in a variety of discussions and essays; they will use it to question their classmates and support arguments in their own essays. Interestingly, several universities now use questions drawn from this book for supplemental admissions essays, in admissions interviews, and in scholarship interviews (including the University of Virginia's Jefferson Scholars program). 

Any person interested in moral or political philosophy, or interested in better understanding what they think is right and (more importantly) WHY they think that, should consider this a must read.  It earns 5/5 stars and a prominent place in my course syllabus. 
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ORDER HERE: ​Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do?
  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition (August 17, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780374532505
  • ISBN-13: 978-0374532505
  • ASIN: 0374532508
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