Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Michael Sandel argues that we can, and his recent book will no doubt persuade many to join him in his sophisticated yet convincing optimism. Which encourages us to ask: on what basis do we make our decisions? If a just and prosperous society requires that individuals be assigned goals appropriate to their natural abilities, what room is there for personal choice and freedom? Will you ever steal a drug that your child needs to survive? Sandel will give the annual Boston University School of Law Distinguished Lecture concerning his recent book, Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do?, followed by a symposium on the book. Thus, Superman is often at his best when it isn't readily apparent what the right thing to do so, or when he's confronted with a problem that can't be punched away (this is one of the reasons I've always liked the post-Crisis depiction of Lex Luthor as a corrupt businessman). Should "price gouging" after a hurricane be illegal? Then again, anyone Even within the DC Universe, the darker edge, cool gadgets, colorful villains and penchant for doling out justice on his own terms will keep Batman on top. How much is one human life worth? Aristotle's approach to justice is no exception. Should television's Judge Judy make $25 million a year, while the chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, makes $217400 a year? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? There's an excellent series of lectures on Justice: What's the right thing to do? In his book In his concluding chapter, “Justice and the Common Good,” Sandel teaches us that doing the right thing, or justice is always about values. Can we stop the steady spread of corruption and injustice in our modern civic life?