Child Quotes by Michael Sandel

9 Child quotes by Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel’s take on childhood appears in nine concise reflections. Though the list is short, each quote distills his ethical lens, providing an accessible entry to his thoughts on the young.

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I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct…

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The norm of unconditional parental love, I think, depends on the fact that we don't pick and choose the traits of our…

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I think part of being a parent, to love one's child, is to accept them as they come - not to see…

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Parenthood is a school for humility. We can't choose the precise traits of our children, and that is morally important. It teaches…

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One of the ways in which parenting is a learning experience and an opportunity for moral growth is that we learn as…

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If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation…

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I think very often when we think we are aiming at the best for our children, what we are really doing is…

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If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League…

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The other effect that I worry about is the effect on the parent, that the moral teaching of humility and of the…

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I do think it is very important that the religious communities do try to bring their teachings and their insights to bear on the…

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To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions.

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