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Justice
by Michael J. Sandel
Sandel's Harvard course in book form: utilitarianism, libertarianism, Kant, Rawls, Aristotle, applied to real dilemmas. Engaging and even-handed.
Read it if…
you want to reason better about right and wrong.
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Skip it if…
you want simple rules.
Try instead: The Tyranny of Merit →
Three things you will actually use
- Frameworks clash; know which you use.
- Dilemmas reveal values.
- Reason together.
Do this first
Read the trolley problem chapter and argue with it.
Our verdict
Moral reasoning, taught.
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