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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City

Here’s a question: Would you hire mercenaries to fight our wars?… Or kill one person to save five?…  Or auction off admissions to elite universities? Would you correct a shopkeeper who gave you too much change?

Michael Sandel, Harvard’s wildly popular professor and internationally renowned lecturer and author, confronts today’s looming political and ethical questions. His latest book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (published April 24, 2011), asks, perhaps, the most pressing ethical question of our time: Is there something wrong with a society in which everything is for sale?

Michael’s “Justice” class is one of the highest attended in Harvard history. He’s also the star of his own PBS series, “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” He has contributed to The New York Times and The Atlantic Monthly, and appeared on The Colbert Report, PBS, BBC and more. At this exclusive northern Michigan event, Michael will bring his popular Socratic lecture style to the stage for a thought-provoking discussion on the role of money and markets. This moral philosopher may very well make you look at life in new and surprising ways.

Michael Sandel: Lectures on Justice
Sandel has long been known as an original and insightful philosopher, but his lectures are genuinely world class.

Event Details
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 • 7:00 pm
City Opera House, downtown Traverse City
$15 advance, $20 at the door; $10 educators; $5 students
The evening includes a pre-event concert and reception with dessert (compliments of Morsels), an audience Q and A, a post-event book signing and a cash bar reception.

Optional Package: $37 for event ticket plus hardcover copy of What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, available for pick-up in advance at Horizon Books or at the event (20% savings: retail price for book is $27)