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| Born | Michael Joseph Sandel March 5, 1953 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Notable work | |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | 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 | |
Notable ideas | Communitarian critique of liberalism |
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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 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'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.