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Michael Sandel

Michael Joseph Sandel (/sænˈdɛl/; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world…

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Awards
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) · Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture (2025)
Education
Brandeis University (BA) · Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
Born
Michael Joseph Sandel (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953 (age 73) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Charles Taylor
Doctoral students
Yascha Mounk
Era
Contemporary philosophy

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Michael Sandel

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Michael Sandel → ethics, jurisprudence, Political philosophy
Awards · 2
Michael Sandel → American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002), Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture (2025)
Education · 2
Michael Sandel → Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil), Brandeis University (BA)
Notable works · 2
Michael Sandel → Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009), Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982)
School · 2
Michael Sandel → Analytic, communitarianism
Born · 1
Michael Sandel → Michael Joseph Sandel (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953 (age 73) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Michael Sandel → Charles Taylor
Doctoral students · 1
Michael Sandel → Yascha Mounk

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Michael SandelAwardsAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)1.00infobox
Michael SandelAwardsBerggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture (2025)1.00infobox
Michael SandelBornMichael Joseph Sandel (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953 (age 73) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.1.00infobox
Michael SandelDoctoral advisorCharles Taylor1.00infobox
Michael SandelDoctoral studentsYascha Mounk1.00infobox
Michael SandelEducationBrandeis University (BA)1.00infobox
Michael SandelEducationBalliol College, Oxford (DPhil)1.00infobox
Michael SandelEraContemporary philosophy1.00infobox
Michael SandelInstitutionsHarvard University1.00infobox
Michael SandelMain interestsPolitical philosophy1.00infobox
Michael SandelMain interestsjurisprudence1.00infobox
Michael SandelMain interestsethics1.00infobox
Michael SandelNotable ideasCommunitarian critique of liberalism1.00infobox
Michael SandelNotable studentsKetanji Brown Jackson1.00infobox
Michael SandelNotable worksLiberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982)1.00infobox
Michael SandelNotable worksJustice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)1.00infobox
Michael SandelRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
Michael SandelSchoolAnalytic1.00infobox
Michael SandelSchoolcommunitarianism1.00infobox
Michael SandelThesisLiberalism and the Problem of the Moral Subject (1980)1.00infobox

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