One of the appeals of markets, as a public philosophy, is they seem to spare us the need to engage in public arguments about the meaning of goods. So markets seem to enable us to be non-judgmental about values. But… — 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 who will be tall enough to make the basketball team, then there is a danger that the life of the child will bear the burden of that expectation; and the risk of disappointment and the cost… — 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 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 infant mortality? And if so, why are we not mounting ambitious public health campaigns to try to save and rescue all of the fertilized eggs that are lost in natural pregnancy? We would need a public… — 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 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 applies not only to material goods - not only to flat-screen televisions - but to every decision we make, whether it's to get married, or to stay married, whether to have children and how to educate… — 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 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
