Encountering China - Michael J. Sandel
Encountering China - Michael J. Sandel In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity "usually reserved for…
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Encountering China - Michael J. Sandel
In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity "usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars." China Newsweek declared him the "most influential foreign figure" of the year. In China, he's a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds.
The market economy has lifted millions from poverty but done little to define ultimate goals for individuals or the nation. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the nation's swift embrace of a market economy--a guide whose communitarian ideas resonate with aspects of China's own rich and ancient philosophical traditions.Chinese citizens often describe a sense that, in sprinting ahead, they have bounded past whatever barriers once held back the forces of corruption and moral disregard. Is the market all there is?