Quotes by : Michael J. Sandel

A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia.

philosophy teaches us and unsettles us by confronting us with what we already know; there's an irony:....

(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)

First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles....

Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly....

Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't....

[T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible....

If the spirit of their intercourse were still the same after their coming together as it had been when....