There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the second. The only way to create a flourishing democracy is to find ways to reason together about the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Aiming at health, restoring health - that is a goal that is both morally important and limited, because it aims at the restoration of normal human functioning, which is an important part of human flourishing. — 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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions. — 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 at lesser… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
