邁剋爾·桑德爾（Michael J.Sandel）

著名哲學傢，哈佛大學政治哲學教授，美國藝術與科學院院士，索邦大學客座教授，牛津大學博士。

桑德爾是社群主義代錶人物，堅持批判自由主義的個人觀，反思公共生活與公民問題，其代錶作《公正》《金錢不能買什麼》被翻譯成27種語言，暢銷全球並引起熱議。美國政治學會授予其特彆成就奬，《外交政策》評選他為“全球傑齣思想傢”之一。

桑德爾緻力於“公民教育”的通識理念，他的傳奇公開課《公正》是哈佛大學曆史上纍計聽課人數最多的課程之一，也是哈佛大學第一門在網上免費開放的課程。他擅長采用蘇格拉底的問答式教學法，通過對極端假設或熱點新聞的討論引導學生主動思考、公開辯論。

桑德爾的教室從校園延伸至全世界，講學足跡遍及各國，他曾多次來到中國，在北京大學、清華大學、華東師範大學等高校演講。

These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump.

Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.