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Books like Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
The best books like Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? are Being and Nothingness, The Republic, and Nicomachean Ethics. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel is about justice, moral philosophy, political theory. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Being and Nothingness
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Jean-Paul Sartre · Philosophy
Being and Nothingness is Sartre's major philosophical treatise and the founding text of French existentialism.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Republic
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Plato · Philosophy
The Republic is Plato's most ambitious work, a sustained inquiry into the nature of justice staged as a dialogue among Socrates and his companions in Athens.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - Nicomachean Ethics
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Aristotle · Philosophy
The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's systematic inquiry into what makes a human life go well.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt · Psychology
The Righteous Mind is Jonathan Haidt's argument that moral reasoning is not the source of our moral judgments — it's the press secretary for them.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Utilitarianism
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John Stuart Mill · Philosophy
Utilitarianism, first published in 1863 after appearing in Fraser's Magazine the previous year, is Mill's defense and refinement of the utilitarian moral theory he inherited from Jeremy Bentham.
Shares justice and moral philosophy with Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?.
Read the summary → - A Theory of Justice
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John Rawls · Philosophy
A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, is John Rawls's attempt to construct a systematic alternative to utilitarianism in political philosophy.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - Anarchy, State, and Utopia
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Robert Nozick · Philosophy
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is Robert Nozick's 1974 response to John Rawls and a foundational text of libertarian political philosophy.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - Natural Right and History
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Leo Strauss · Philosophy
Natural Right and History is Leo Strauss's sustained argument that the modern rejection of natural right — the idea that there is a standard of justice discoverable by reason, independent of convention and history — represents a profound intellectual and political crisis.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - Summa Theologica (Selections)
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Thomas Aquinas · Philosophy
The Summa Theologica — "Summary of Theology" — is Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, composed between approximately 1265 and 1274.
Both dig into moral philosophy.
Read the summary → - The Divine Comedy: Inferno
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Dante Alighieri · Philosophy
The Inferno is the first of three canticles in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, written between approximately 1308 and 1320.
Both dig into justice.
Read the summary → - What We Owe the Future
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William MacAskill · Philosophy
What We Owe the Future is philosopher William MacAskill's case for "longtermism" — the view that positively influencing the long-run trajectory of human civilization should be a primary moral priority.
Both dig into moral philosophy.
Read the summary → - In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
Both dig into justice.
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Books like Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?: quick answers
What are the best books like Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do??
The best books like Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel are Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Republic by Plato, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, such as justice, moral philosophy, political theory.
What should I read after Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do??
A natural next read after Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? is Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Republic by Plato, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt.
What books are similar to Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel?
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? centers on justice, moral philosophy, political theory. Books with a similar feel include Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Republic by Plato, Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill, A Theory of Justice by John Rawls — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
