PHILOSOPHER

Michael J. Sandel

1953 - Today

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Michael Joseph Sandel (; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the 2011's "most influential foreign figure of the year" (China Newsweek). He is also known for his critique of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael J. Sandel has received more than 642,475 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Michael J. Sandel is the 752nd most popular philosopher (up from 776th in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,083rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

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  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael J. Sandel ranks 752 out of 1,267. Before him are Hemachandra, John Argyropoulos, Glaucon, Ian Stevenson, Paolo Sarpi, and Helen Parkhurst. After him are Hayashi Razan, Nasr Abu Zayd, Hermann von Keyserling, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Michael J. Sandel ranks 116. Before him are Robert Davi, David Berkowitz, Riccardo Chailly, Tito Jackson, Howard Schultz, and Stephen Paddock. After him are Halid Bešlić, Massimo Troisi, Michael Bolton, Huub Stevens, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, and Tico Torres.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael J. Sandel ranks 2,811 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Parkhurst (1886), Frank Miller (1957), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Marilyn Chambers (1952), Denise Richards (1971), and Art Pepper (1925). After him are Ralph Nader (1934), Eddie Eagan (1897), Lea Thompson (1961), Tate Donovan (1963), Ralph Macchio (1961), and Don Bluth (1937).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Michael J. Sandel ranks 30. Before him are Michael Walzer (1935), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), James Mark Baldwin (1861), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), and Helen Parkhurst (1886). After him are Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Eric Hoffer (1898), Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Donald Davidson (1917), and David Lewis (1941).

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