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Michael Sandel

Political Philosophy

Michael Joseph Sandel is an American political philosopher, born in 1953, who is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course made freely available online and on television and has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the most influential foreign figure of 2011 by China Newsweek. He is known for his critique of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, published in 1982, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.

Facts
Birth Year
1953 1
Defining Moment
In 2012, his critique of markets influenced Ed Miliband's Labour Party renewal project in the United Kingdom. 1
Birth Date
1953-03-05 1
Notable Publication
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982) 1
Office Held
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University 1
Birthplace
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1
Tradition
Communitarianism 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Communitarianism 1
Connections

In Branch

Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Michael Sandel (Wikipedia)
Political Philosophy, Branches of Philosophy
Source Michael Sandel (Wikipedia)

In Tradition

Communitarianism, Schools of Philosophy
In the Other Atlases

Same As

Michael Sandel

Also in Political Atlas: the same subject.

Nationality

United States

Also in History Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Michael Sandel (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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Michael Joseph Sandel (; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher.
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1. Michael Sandel (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Early life and education section, opening sentence
    Michael Joseph Sandel was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 5, 1953, into a Jewish family.
  • Early life and education section, birth year clause
    Michael Joseph Sandel was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 5, 1953, into a Jewish family.
  • Early life and education section, birthplace clause
    Michael Joseph Sandel was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 5, 1953, into a Jewish family.
  • Philosophical views section, opening sentence
    Sandel subscribes to a certain version of communitarianism, and in this vein he is perhaps best known for his critique of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice.
  • lead paragraph, third sentence
    He is known for his critique of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982).
  • lead paragraph, second sentence
    He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television.
  • Politics section, Guardian interview sentence
    In 2012, he added intellectual lustre to Ed Miliband's renewal project for the Labour Party, speaking to that year's party conference on the moral limits of markets
  • Lead section
    is an American political philosopher.
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Michael Joseph Sandel (; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher.
  • In Branch: Political Philosophy, Infobox: main_interests
    Political philosophy, jurisprudence, ethics
  • In Branch: Ethics, Infobox: main_interests
    Political philosophy, jurisprudence, ethics
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Wikidata: Michael Sandel
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