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Advantages Accessibly written, thought provoking, well researched
Disadvantages Sometimes repetitive, author's own views sometimes unclear
Harvard academic Michael Sandel is best known in philosophical circles for his communitarian critique of John Rawls, but first came to wider public attention with his book Justice, based on his undergraduate lectures. This follow up, however, is something closer to a research monograph rather than a textbook, with Sandel out to defend a particular position, rather than survey competing theories. The focus is better expressed by the subtitle – the moral limits of markets – than the title proper. Sandel’s concern is not so much with things that money literally cannot buy as with things that it ...
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