Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Michael J. Sandel is my new Mister Rogers. He's on my list of heroes along with Fred Rogers and Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr.

Who is this Michael J. Sandel? He's a professor at Harvard. He teaches a very popular class called Justice. Sandel is a mesmerizing teacher, beginning each class by sharing a morally questional situation, provoking students to think in new ways, and always treating each student with deep respect.

I started reading the book over the Thankfully Reading Weekend. Bonnie of the blog Bonnie's Books saw I was reading the book and she shared the free lectures available online. I watched all twenty-four, like some people binge-watch Seinfeld or Big Bang. I shared a link to an interview with Sandel with friends and family. I keep bringing Sandel and his Justice course up in conversation with others.

The book and the course give me hope. The students were beautifully articulate and Sandel ran the class like I imagine Plato led his classes.

If you have a free weekend, you can't do better than to watch some of the lectures and read along in the book. It will refresh you in this toxic political atmosphere.