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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Right By Others Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Leading the laissez-faire camp are free-market libertarians who believe that justice consists in respecting and upholding the voluntary choices made by consenting adults. It is sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Professor Sandel, as he does in his famous lecture series, invites us to make philosophical thinking through assuming concrete situations, the common way of reasoning in moral and political philosophy. When we act out of duty—doing something simply because it is right—only then do our actions have moral worth. What is essential, according to this way of seeing things, is to give each person what is rightfully due to him, even if following this course does not lead to the best consequences. He thinks this is a good thing. Justice 公義，相信有很多人都已經忘記或者以為係必然的。 但公義是什麼呢，係你一個我一個? Thus, Superman is often at his best when it isn't readily apparent what the right thing to do so, or when he's confronted with a problem that can't be punched away (this is one of the reasons I've always liked the post-Crisis depiction of Lex Luthor as a corrupt businessman). The approach to justice that begins with freedom is a capacious school. Is killing sometimes morally required? If so, would it be right to do so? Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Then again, anyone Even within the DC Universe, the darker edge, cool gadgets, colorful villains and penchant for doling out justice on his own terms will keep Batman on top. What is justice, and what does it mean? In his acclaimed book—based on his legendary Harvard course—Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and con. Is it possible for the government to remain morally neutral? This is the title of a book by Michael Sandel which was a NY Times bestseller.