Una recopilacion de ensayos imprescindible sobre la moral en politica.

En este libro, Michael Sandel aborda algunos de los temas morales y politicos mas controvertidos de nuestro tiempo, incluidos el suicidio asistido, el aborto, la investigacion con celulas madre, la brecha entre ricos y pobres, el papel de los mercados y el lugar de la religion en la vida politica. Sostiene que los ideales mas prominentes en nuestra vida politica, los derechos individuales y la libertad de eleccion, no proporcionan por si mismos una etica adecuada para una sociedad democratica. Estos ensayos demuestran que el discurso moral no esta renido con los propositos progresivos, y que una sociedad pluralista no necesita evitar involucrarse en las convicciones morales y religiosas que sus ciudadanos aportan a la vida publica.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life.

He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political life–individual rights and freedom of choice–do not by themselves provide an adequate ethic for a democratic society. Sandel calls for a politics that gives greater emphasis to citizenship, community, and civic virtue, and that grapples more directly with questions of the good life.

Liberals often worry that inviting moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to that concern by showing that substantive moral discourse is not at odds with progressive public purposes, and that a pluralist society need not shrink from engaging the moral and religious convictions that its citizens bring to public life.