Michael Sandel
Contemporary United States Communitarianism
Biography
American political philosopher. Known for his critique of Rawlsian liberalism.
Life Dates
Born: March 5, 1953
Notable Quotes
"Justice: What's the right thing to do?"
"Some things money can't buy."
"The procedural republic."
"We cannot be persons for whom justice is primary without being persons for whom the good is also primary."
"Markets are not mere mechanisms; they embody certain values."
Contemporaries
John RawlsJudith ButlerMartha NussbaumCornel WestNancy CartwrightWillard Van Orman QuineThomas KuhnJohn RawlsRichard RortyNoam ChomskyMartha NussbaumDaniel DennettJudith ButlerCornel WestAlvin PlantingaSaul KripkeHilary PutnamJohn SearleThomas NagelRobert NozickChristine KorsgaardNancy FraserLinda ZagzebskiDavid LewisPeter van InwagenBrian LeiterJoshua GreeneJonathan HaidtHelen LonginoElliott SoberKaren BennettSusanna SiegelPaul BoghossianSarah PaulRobert BrandomHubert DreyfusAlison GopnikJesse PrinzShaun NicholsTamar GendlerStephen YabloSally HaslangerJason StanleyL.A. PaulPeter RailtonFred DretskeTyler BurgeRuth MillikanNed BlockSydney ShoemakerRoderick ChisholmNelson GoodmanWilfrid Sellars