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【春節連假你讀了什麼書？】

李瑞中教授給菁英班學生出的寒假作業是：讀一本有博士學位（Ph.D., M.D. or J.D./S.J.D.）作者的專書。

同學們這週在課堂上報告自己寒假讀的書，有同學讀了哈佛特聘教授Michèle Lamont的“The Dignity of Working Men“，Lamont教授是李瑞中教授恩師的好朋友，沒想到再次聽到她的名字竟是從高中生的口中；李瑞中教授問學生是如何得知這位學者與她的書，學生說他只是很自然地到Harvard University Press（哈佛大學出版社）的網站上翻看一本本的書，直到找到這本最吸引他的書……。

大部分的人會認為，很多事情必須達到一定歲數才做得來，就連教育者也常會以年紀評估能力。事實上，不要小看孩子們，引發他們的興趣，為他們推開一扇門，他們會自己走進去，開展屬於他們的天地。

以下是菁英班同學們選讀的書單，領域遍佈經濟學、社會學、心理學 與 自然科學，邀請大家一同養成閱讀的好習慣。

而今天要介紹的是：Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?

【Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?】

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens

"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked.

In his acclaimed book―based on his legendary Harvard course―Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse. "In terms we can all understand," wrote Jonathan Rauch in The New York Times, Justice "confronts us with the concepts that lurk . . . beneath our conflicts."

Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets―Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise―an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.