The majority of American states had laws by the 1930s that allowed for forced sterilization of socially undesirable categories of people, so-called feeble-minded, for example, and with Hitler culminating in genocide. — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
They say the state should not impose on its citizens a preferred way of life, but should leave them as free as possible to choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others. — 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
