Experts
Michael Sandel
Professor of Government, Harvard University
Sandel, on Charles Taylor's philosophy. Read More
Can we have meaningful say in the world around us? Read More
A life spent thinking and reflecting. Read More
Those at the top of society should not feel divine for their accomplishments. Read More
Humans have a yearning to think beyond themselves. Read More
Politics must confront moral and religious questions. Read More
Sandel talks about what we should be asking about the marketplace. Read More
Michael Sandel frames the stem cell debate. Read More
Michael Sandel discusses the idea of the prestige of rigor and the relationship between philosophy and science. Read More
Political philosophy has to be engaged in life. Read More
We don't live in small city-states anymore and so must craft a form of governance suited to a global order, says Michael Sandel. Read More
Sandel talks about the impact of his first book. Read More
Sandel makes his students dig deep. Read More
Robert Kennedy was poised to redefine American liberalism. Read More
A child of the Midwest. Read More
About Michael Sandel
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. He is the author of Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (Cambridge University Press), Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 1996), Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics (Harvard University Press, 2005), and The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Harvard University Press, 2007). His writings have also appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The New York Times. The recipient of three honorary degrees, he has received fellowships from the Carnegie Corporation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Ford Foundation. From 2002 to 2005, he served on President Bush's Council on Bioethics, a national council appointed by the President to examine the ethical implications of new biomedical technologies. A summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University (1975), Sandel received his doctorate from Oxford University (D.Phil.,1981), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He lives with his wife and two sons in Brookline, Massachusetts.