What Money Can't Buy The Moral Limits of Markets |
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| Author:
| Sandel, Michael J. |
| Series title: | Platinum Nonfiction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61173-506-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | Center Point Large Print
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?In What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with...
More DescriptionShould we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?In What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don't belong? What are the moral limits of markets?One of the most popular philosophy professors in the world, Sandel is a master at illuminating the hard moral questions we confront in our everyday lives. His book, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? was a worldwide phenomenon. And now, in What Money Can't Buy, he provokes another essential discussion that we need to have.