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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
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Known for
- Great Minds — Self2021
- What's the Right Thing to Do? — Self - Philosopher2017
- Justice — Self2009
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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
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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.
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