I have a broad but not an expert or scholarly background in the Jewish tradition. I've tried to learn what I can… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
What I really want for my children is that they be loved and that they be happy and that they lead a… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
The norm of unconditional parental love, I think, depends on the fact that we don't pick and choose the traits of our… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Very often when we aim at the best, or what we may think is the best for our children, we aim really… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Aiming at giving our kids a competitive edge in a consumer society - that, in principle, is a goal that is limitless. — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I am trying to get at the moral arguments and the ethical status of various attempts at enhancement, or genetic engineering, or… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I think part of being a parent, to love one's child, is to accept them as they come - not to see… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
It's true that to speak of an ethic of giftedness, which is very much the ethic that I deploy in raising questions… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
If we go too far down the road of choosing the genetic traits of children, my worry is that parenting will be… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I think people who want to use genetic technologies to gain a competitive edge for their children are engaging in a kind… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
It's possible to make sense of what's morally at stake in an appreciation of the gift of life, or the gift of… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I think very often when we think we are aiming at the best for our children, what we are really doing is… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
The other effect that I worry about is the effect on the parent, that the moral teaching of humility and of the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
One of the ways in which parenting is a learning experience and an opportunity for moral growth is that we learn as… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Today if you look at most economic textbooks, economics is not defined by subject matter. It's presented as a science of social… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Parenthood is a school for humility. We can't choose the precise traits of our children, and that is morally important. It teaches… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
It is true that the Jewish tradition emphasizes the moral mandate to save life. It also has a different position from the Catholic Church… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League schools, or… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Aiming at giving our kids a competitive edge in a consumer society - that, in principle, is a goal that is limitless. — Michael Sandel Copy Share
In natural pregnancy, more than half of fertilized eggs fail to implant or are otherwise lost. Should we regard that as an instance of… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
What I really want for my children is that they be loved and that they be happy and that they lead a good life. — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Economics has increasingly become the science of human behavior in general, and it's all the more unlikely to think that it can possibly be… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
The relief of suffering is a great good. The curing of illness and disease - these are great human goods. This is the mission… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
I do not argue that nature is sacrosanct in the sense that we must never tamper with nature. That would disempower, really, all of… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Today if you look at most economic textbooks, economics is not defined by subject matter. It's presented as a science of social choice that… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
I do think it is very important that the religious communities do try to bring their teachings and their insights to bear on the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
I am trying to get at the moral arguments and the ethical status of various attempts at enhancement, or genetic engineering, or the bid… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions. — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Very often when we aim at the best, or what we may think is the best for our children, we aim really at lesser… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
Parenthood is a school for humility. We can't choose the precise traits of our children, and that is morally important. It teaches us what… — Michael Sandel Copy Share
