Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel, one of the best-known American public intellectuals, is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1990. His undergraduate course "Justice" is one of the most popular courses in Harvard's history, and is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television, with a viewership of over 10 million people. A pioneer in the use of technology to promote global public discourse, his BBC series "The Global Philosopher" engages participants from over 30 countries in discussion of issues such as immigration, climate change, and free speech. He is also a leading advocate of communitarian theory, advocating justice that serves the common good, in which governments can intervene to avoid the excesses of the market economy and social inequalities. Sandel has lectured to academic and general audiences in North America, Europe, Japan, India, and Australia. His writings—on justice, ethics, democracy, and markets–have been translated into 30 languages.
Michael Sandel Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government
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Political Philosopher & Professor
Academic History
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Ph.D., Political Science & Government
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B.A., Politics
EARLY CAREER
He was a Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne in Paris in 2001, and delivered the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Oxford in 1998.
His global lectures have taken him across five continents and packed venues such as St. Paul’s Cathedral (London) and the Sydney Opera House (Australia).
He also gave lectures at an outdoor stadium in Seoul (S. Korea), where 14,000 people came to hear him speak.
He appeared in BBC’s Reith Lectures, and the Kellogg Lecture on Jurisprudence at the U.S. Library of Congress.
PRAISE FOR SANDEL
The London Observer calls him a "master of life's big questions".
Newsweek describes him as "the most relevant living philosopher" and a "rock star moralist".
The New Statesman also called him "the world's most influential living philosopher".
BOOKS
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (2020)
Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy (2018)
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (2012)
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)
Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics (2006)
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1998)
Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy (1998)
AFFILIATIONS