After watching Micheal Sandel's phenomenal lecture, I had to read his book, Justice : What's the Right Thing to do? It covers everything that's in the online lecture plus lot more. Given the size of the book, the depth it covers is phenomenal. Yes, its biased on Sandel's view of the world but it will make us think, the values and beliefs we "assume" we know and the things we are polarized about. Reading this book will either change our views or built a soild foundation to syllogise our morales and the best part it will help us realize the importance of understanding the beliefs and perspectives of others without premature polarization. I cannot imagine reading Crtique of Pure Reason easily without the Kantian synopsis I got from this book. Now I have tons of materials to read on philosphers like Jeremey Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, John Rawls and Aristotle, thanks to Sandel.
I wrote earlier on the lack of advice, in similar terms Sandel points out that an open debate with a good understanding of the other side sans the politically correct culture is healthy for a democracy. We spend too much time supressing our views, drowning in a quagmire of "white lies".These lies aren't healthy and its a ticking time bomb. Only way to defuse it is to understand the morality of others and build consensus based on mutual respect.
Gandhi once said "Happiness is when what you say, what you do and what you think are in harmony". Same holds true for mutual respect.
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