![]() ![]() His BBC series 'The Global Philosopher' explores the philosophical ideas lying behind the headlines with participants from around the world. ![]() Sandel's legendary course 'Justice' was the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. His books What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, and Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? were international best sellers and have been translated into 27 languages. Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. ![]() "Astute, insightful, and empathetic.A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of Educated The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 ![]()
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