Sandel, Michael J. (2009). Justice: What’s the right thing to do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Introduction & Background Information In the book, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to do? by Michael J. Sandel discusses how there are three different approaches to justice: welfare, virtue, and freedom. The theme of the book is on how and what is considered moral. He introduces several perspectives on morality and we as readers are given insight into what people of different groups consider the rights and wrongs of morality. Some of these different beliefs are utilitarianism, libertarianism, and different philosophers views. The first five chapters give us a unique perspective of how each of them perceives morality and the reasons behind their thought. When Justice was published, in 2009, it was at a time where the natural rights of a person were being questioned. For example, the LGBT community and their marriage rights were being condemned, but was it right to deny them? According to a Libertarians, it was wrong because “it is their body and mind” can they can choose to love who they want regardless of sex. The contents of Justice are still relevant today. Every day is a battle, in that we have to decide if what we stand for is moral or not. Summary Chapter one of Justice begins by retelling the details of hurricane Charley and how many people were devastated by the disaster it left in its wake. Individuals and families were left without shelter and electricity, many