Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel
	Sandel in 2012
Born	Michael Joseph Sandel; March 5, 1953 (age 71); Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	Brandeis University (BA); Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil);
Notable work	Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982); Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009);
Awards	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic; communitarianism; Republicanism
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	Liberalism and the Problem of the Moral Subject (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Taylor
Doctoral students	Yascha Mounk
Other notable students	Ketanji Brown Jackson
Main interests	Political philosophy; jurisprudence; ethics;
Notable ideas	Communitarian critique of liberalism
	Michael Sandel's voice Recorded June 2009 from the BBC Radio 4 programme the Reith Lectures

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Michael Joseph Sandel^[3] (/sænˈdɛl/; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory at Harvard Law School, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the 2011's "most influential foreign figure of the year" (China Newsweek).^[4]^[5] He is also known for his critique of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982). He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.^[6]

^ Sandel, Michael. "Michael Sandel and AC Grayling in conversation".
^ Newman, Lainey A.; Zheng, Ruth (May 7, 2018). "'Intellectual Powerhouse': Yascha Mounk Examines the Future of Democracy". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
^ "Korea's New Security Paradigm". Asan Foundation. April 4, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
^ "Michael J. Sandel". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ "Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy".
^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[1] Sandel, Michael. "Michael Sandel and AC Grayling in conversation".

[2] Newman, Lainey A.; Zheng, Ruth (May 7, 2018). "'Intellectual Powerhouse': Yascha Mounk Examines the Future of Democracy". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Retrieved August 10, 2022.

[3] "Korea's New Security Paradigm". Asan Foundation. April 4, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

[4] "Michael J. Sandel". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved November 25, 2023.

[5] "Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy".

[AAAS-6] "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

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Michael Sandel
Sandel in 2012
Born	Michael Joseph Sandel (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953 (age 71) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	Brandeis University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
Notable work	Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982) Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)
Awards	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)

Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic communitarianism Republicanism
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	Liberalism and the Problem of the Moral Subject (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Taylor^[1]
Doctoral students	Yascha Mounk^[2]
Other notable students	Ketanji Brown Jackson
Main interests	Political philosophy jurisprudence ethics
Notable ideas	Communitarian critique of liberalism

Michael Sandel's voice Recorded June 2009 from the BBC Radio 4 programme the Reith Lectures