Michael Sandel Giving Quotations

Aiming at giving our kids a competitive edge in a consumer society - that, in principle, is a goal that is limitless.

I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.

The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.