正義：一場思辨之旅

哈佛大學唯一公開課
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　　在高等教育，桑德爾教授的「正義」課堂是一則傳奇。1980年第一次開課，學生只有15人，近年則每每破千，總是比第二熱門課還多出四五百人，累計學生人數已超過一萬五，桃李遍及各界菁英。

　　2009年，哈佛決定把這門課向全球公開。作者不只把教學內容寫成本書，上課實況還被剪輯成12個鐘頭，在美國公共電視播出。大學課堂整學期實況向公眾播放，這是美國電視史上第一次，也是至今唯一僅有的一次。

　　這12個鐘頭在網路上被瘋狂轉寄。整個2010年下半年，日本、中國、韓國都在討論「桑德爾熱潮」，成為一大文化現象。他到東京演講，黃牛票竟然要價500美元。在中國，網友自動為畫面加上中文字幕，把上網「淘課」變成新流行。《中國新聞週刊》因此在2010年底將桑德爾選為年度「最有影響力人物」。

　　書名雖然標榜正義，重點卻是思考力的訓練。作者有教學天才，新聞事件信手拈來都是正義思考的案例。要解釋康德，他使用柯林頓偷腥案。要解釋羅爾斯，他搬出伍迪艾倫。

　　要把理性帶進公領域，公民必須把自己的正義觀說出道理，不能只是「我說我對就是我對」。本書目的正是邀請讀者做個自我檢視，搞清楚自己抱持哪些信念，何以抱持這些信念。有了理性思辨，民主對話才能向上提升，不會一直停留在互嗆叫陣的層次。

Michael Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? invites readers of all ages and political persuasions on a journey of moral reflection, and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate our lives.

Is it always wrong to lie?

Should there be limits to personal freedom?

Can killing sometimes be justified?

Is the free market fair?

What is the right thing to do?

Questions like these are at the heart of our lives. In this acclaimed book Michael Sandel - BBC Reith Lecturer and the Harvard professor whose 'Justice' course has become world famous - gives us a lively and accessible introduction to the intersection of politics and philosophy. He helps us think our way through such hotly contested issues as equal rights, democracy, euthanasia, abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as the ethical dilemmas we face every day.

'One of the most popular teachers in the world' 

  Observer

'Enormously refreshing ... Michael Sandel transforms moral philosophy by putting it at the heart of civic debate' 

  New Statesman

'One of the world's most interesting political philosophers' 

  Guardian

'Spellbinding' 

  The Nation

Michael Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at the University of Harvard. Sandel's legendary 'Justice' course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. Sandel is the author of many books and has previously written for the Atlantic Monthly, the New Republic and the New York Times. He was the 2009 BBC Reith Lecturer.