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MichaelJ.SandelistheAnneT.andRobertM.BassProfessorofGovernmentatHarvardUniversity,wherehehastaughtpoliticalphilosophysince1980.HeistheauthorofLiberalismandtheLimitsofJustice(CambridgeUniversityPress,1982,2ndedition,1997;translatedintoeightforeignlanguages),Democracy'sDiscontent:AmericainSearchofaPublicPhilosophy(HarvardUniversityPress,1996),PublicPhilosophy:EssaysonMoralityinPolitics(HarvardUniversityPress,2005),andTheCaseagainstPerfection:EthicsintheAgeofGeneticEngineering(HarvardUniversityPress,2007).HiswritingsalsoappearingeneralpublicationssuchasTheAtlanticMonthly,TheNewRepublic,andTheNewYorkTimes.Sandelteachesgraduateandundergraduatecoursesincontemporarypoliticalphilosophy,including"Ethics,Biotechnology,andtheFutureofHumanNature,""Markets,Morals,andLaw,"and"GlobalizationandItsCritics."Hisundergraduatecourse,"Justice,"hasenrolledover12,000students.In1985,hewasawardedtheHarvard-RadcliffePhiBetaKappaTeachingPrize,andin1999wasnamedaHarvardCollegeProfessorinrecognitionofhiscontributionstoundergraduateteaching.SandelhaslecturedtoacademicandgeneralaudiencesinNorthAmerica,Europe,Japan,India,Korea,Australia,NewZealand,andChina.HewasavisitingprofessorattheSorbonne(Paris)in2001,anddeliveredtheTannerLecturesonHumanValuesatOxfordUniversityin1998.Therecipientofthreehonorarydegrees,hehasreceivedfellowshipsfromtheCarnegieCorporation,theNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities,theFordFoundation,andtheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties.From2002to2005,heservedonthePresident'sCouncilonBioethics,anationalcouncilappointedbythePresidenttoexaminetheethicalimplicationsofnewbiomedicaltechnologies.Asummacumlaude,PhiBetaKappagraduateofBrandeisUniversity(1975),SandelreceivedhisdoctoratefromOxfordUniversity(D.Phil.,1981),wherehewasaRhodesScholar.HeliveswithhiswifeandtwosonsinBrookline,Massachusetts.
