Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Episode Summary

Sandel--whose Justice course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard-- hallenges us to think our way through the hard moral challenges we confront as citizens.

Co-presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and City National Bank

Participant(s) Bio

Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard, where he has taught since 1980, and the author of many books. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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