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CitationA Theory of Justice
John Rawls
Provides the egalitarian framework of justice and the veil of ignorance analyzed in detail by Sandel.
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CitationAnarchy, State, and Utopia
Robert Nozick
Serves as the primary libertarian counterpoint to utilitarian and egalitarian theories of distributive justice.
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CitationGroundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Forms the basis of Sandel's examination of duty, autonomy, and the categorical imperative.
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CitationUtilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Analyzed as a humane refinement of Bentham's utilitarianism that attempts to distinguish higher pleasures.
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CitationAfter Virtue
Alasdair MacIntyre
Provides the narrative conception of the self that Sandel uses to defend obligations of solidarity.
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CitationAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Jeremy Bentham
Presents the foundational utilitarian doctrine evaluated and critiqued in early chapters.
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CitationNicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
Introduces teleological reasoning and virtue ethics, which Sandel defends as essential to justice.
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CitationOn Liberty
John Stuart Mill
Discussed regarding the defense of individual rights within a revised utilitarian framework.
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CitationSpheres of Justice
Michael Walzer
Referenced in discussions concerning communal membership and the contextual nature of distributive goods.
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CitationThe Politics
Aristotle
Cited to argue that political community exists to cultivate character and virtue.
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CitationSecond Treatise of Government
John Locke
Explored regarding theories of property, natural rights, and legitimate government consent.
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CitationFree to Choose
Milton Friedman
Cited to illustrate market libertarian arguments against state welfare and occupational licensing.
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