Experts
Michael Sandel
Professor of Government, Harvard University
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Sandel, on Charles Taylor's philosophy. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Can we have meaningful say in the world around us? Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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What is the legacy of the Cold War?
Letting our hubris undermine our potential. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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What forces have shaped humanity most?
Sandel is very influenced by how Hegel looked at the world. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In History
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A life spent thinking and reflecting. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Those at the top of society should not feel divine for their accomplishments. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Belief
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Where does our instinct for philosophy come from?
Humans have a yearning to think beyond themselves. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In History
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What are the recurring themes of your work?
Politics must confront moral and religious questions. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Belief
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Sandel talks about what we should be asking about the marketplace. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Michael Sandel Frames the Stem Cell Debate
Michael Sandel frames the stem cell debate. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Science & Tech
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Has science undermined the place of philosophy?
Michael Sandel discusses the idea of the prestige of rigor and the relationship between philosophy and science. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Science & Tech
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What is philosophy's place in modern life?
Political philosophy has to be engaged in life. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Belief
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Self-government for a Modern Age
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
January 16, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Liberalism and Limited Justice
Sandel talks about the impact of his first book. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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Sandel makes his students dig deep. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Robert F. Kennedy's Wasted Potential
Robert Kennedy was poised to redefine American liberalism. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In History
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A child of the Midwest. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Identity
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.
