Michael Sandel
Sign in to saveAmerican political philosopher
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
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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 85,293x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,753x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 3 May 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
Article
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.
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