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Michael Sandel
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American political philosopher
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Michael Sandel is an American political scientist, writer, and university teacher affiliated with Harvard University. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Brandeis University and Balliol College. His doctoral advisors included G. E. M. Anscombe and Isaiah Berlin, while he has been influenced by John Rawls. Sandel is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
His notable work includes *Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?*. Other listed works are *A Tirania Do Merito - O que aconteceu com o bem comum*, *Brainwash*, *Zheng yi*, *Die moralischen Grenzen des Marktes*, and *La tiranía del mérito*. He has received the FP Top 100 Global Thinkers award, the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, and a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 35
Top works
- A Tirania Do Merito - O que aconteceu com o bem comum
- Brainwash
- Zheng yi
- Die moralischen Grenzen des Marktes
- La tiranía del mérito
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Film & TV
Acting · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Known for
- Great Minds — Self2021
- What's the Right Thing to Do? — Self - Philosopher2017
- Justice — Self2009
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 681
- Total plays
- 1,227
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,341x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,765x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,794x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,472x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,502x
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Quotes
- “This liberalism says, in other words, that what makes the just society just is not the telos or purpose or end at which it aims, but precisely its refusal to choose in advance among competing purposes and ends. In its constitution and its laws, the just society seeks to provide a framework within which its citizens can pursue their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others”
- “Unlike the liberty of the early republic, the modern version permits — in fact even requires — concentrated power.”
- “Political philosophy seems often to reside at a distance from the world. Principles are one thing, politics another, and even our best efforts to live up to our ideals seldom fully succeed.”
- “But if political philosophy is unrealizable in one sense, it is unavoidable in another.”
- “A public philosophy is an elusive thing, for it is constantly before our eyes. It forms the often unreflective background to our political discourse and pursuits. In ordinary times, the public philosophy can easily escape the notice of those who live by it. But anxious times compel a certain clarity. They force first principles to the surface and offer an occasion for critical reflection.”
- “The idea that freedom consists in our capacity to choose our ends finds prominent expression in our politics and law. Its province is not limited to those known as liberals rather than conservatives in American politics; it can be found across the political spectrum.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Michael Joseph Sandel , ( 1953-03-05 ) March 5, 1953 (age 73) , Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S.
- Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
- Education
- Brandeis University ( BA ) Balliol College, Oxford ( DPhil )
- Thesis
- Liberalism and the Problem of the Moral Subject (1980)
- Doctoral advisor
- Charles Taylor
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic communitarianism
- Institutions
- Harvard University
- Doctoral students
- Yascha Mounk
- Notable students
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Main interests
- Political philosophy jurisprudence ethics
- Notable works
- Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982) Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)
- Notable ideas
- Communitarian critique of liberalism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Isaiah Berlin
- Doctoral student
- Yascha Mounk
- Field of work
- political philosophy
- Image
- 2023-08-07 Michael Sandel no Fronteiras do Pensamento 2023 em São Paulo (53103759044) (cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- communitarianism
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- date of birth
- 1953-05-03
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- Commons category
- Michael J. Sandel
- name in native language
- Michael Sandel
- influenced by
- John Rawls
- affiliation string
- Harvard University
- affiliation
- Harvard University
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Joseph Sandel (/sænˈdɛl/; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, 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 "most influential foreign figure of the year" (China Newsweek).
He is 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Sandel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.