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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 Theory at Harvard Law School, 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 636,532 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Michael J. Sandel is the 776th most popular philosopher (down from 657th in 2019), the 3,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,404th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 27

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  • 4.26

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  • 3.12

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael J. Sandel ranks 776 out of 1,081. Before him are Nikephoros Blemmydes, Glaucon, Domingo de Soto, Hakuin Ekaku, Donald Davidson, and Ludovico Antonio Muratori. After him are Clitomachus, Joseph Albo, Raymond Williams, Hayashi Razan, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, and Yajnavalkya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Michael J. Sandel ranks 111. Before him are Michael Bolton, William E. Moerner, Riccardo Chailly, Robert Davi, Christoph Daum, and Tico Torres. After him are Massimo Troisi, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Chaka Khan, Steve Bannon, Teresa Orlowski, and Wim Mertens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael J. Sandel ranks 3,090 out of 18,182. Before him are Joe Don Baker (1936), Marilyn Chambers (1952), Richard Jordan (1937), Archie Hahn (1880), Bruce Boxleitner (1950), and Peter Gallagher (1955). After him are Nikki Sixx (1958), Curtis Mayfield (1942), Scott Bakula (1954), John C. Reilly (1965), Siri Hustvedt (1955), and Stockard Channing (1944).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Michael J. Sandel ranks 31. Before him are Alvin Plantinga (1932), Michael Walzer (1935), Ted Nelson (1937), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Eric Hoffer (1898), and Donald Davidson (1917). After him are Nancy Fraser (1947), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), David Lewis (1941), Edmund Gettier (1927), Susanne Langer (1895), and James Mark Baldwin (1861).

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