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About Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. He has been described
as “the most relevant living philosopher,” a “rock-star moralist,”(Newsweek) and “the
most famous teacher of philosophy in the world.” (New Republic)
His writings have been translated into 27 languages. His legendary course ‘Justice’ is
the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television. It has been
viewed by millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was
named the “most influential foreign figure of the year.”(China Newsweek)
Sandel’s book Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? relates the big questions of
political philosophy to the most vexing issues of our time. An international bestseller, it
is one of the most widely read books of political philosophy in recent decades. Sandel’s
latest book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, challenges us to
rethink the role that money and markets should play in our lives. Reviewers have called
it a “brilliant, indispensable book on the relationship between morality and economics,”
and “an eloquent argument for morality in public life.”
Described by the Guardian as “the man who is currently the most effective
communicator of ideas in English,” Sandel’s books and online lectures have brought
him “the kind of popularity usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars and NBA
players.”(China Daily) His recent lecture tours have taken him across five continents,
packing such venues as St. Paul’s Cathedral (London), the Sydney Opera House (Australia),
and an outdoor amphitheater in Seoul, Korea, where 14,000 people came to hear him
speak.
About The Research Centre for Human Values
Founded in 2009 with a generous donation from the Philomathia Foundation, the
Research Centre for Human Values aims to promote discussion and research concerning
questions involving human values across The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong and internationally. The mission of the Research Centre for Human Values is to
promote reflectiveness about human values through research, public discussion and
teaching focused on values and value-conflicts as
they present themselves in contemporary lives and
across our contemporary academic disciplines.
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Presented by
The Research Centre for Human Values
supported by
I.CARE Programme and Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities
Date: 11th March 2016 (Friday)
Time: 7:00pm
Language: English
Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The event will see the public philosopher, Michael Sandel, deliver a lecture entitled ‘What
Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets’, based on his New York Timesbestselling
book of the same name. In the book, Sandel takes up some of the biggest ethical
questions of our time:isn’t there something wrong with a world in which everything is for
sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where
they don’t belong? what are the moral limits of markets? Prof. Sandel will challenge the
audience with ethical dilemmas, grounded in economics. For example: should we pay
children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to
decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or
to donate their organs?
What Money Can't Buy:
The Moral Limits of Markets
