Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? largely been positive. "The New York Times" praised Sandel's ability to teach and says, "If 'Justice' breaks no new philosophical ground, it succeeds at something perhaps no less important: in terms we can all understand, it confronts us with the concepts that lurk, so often unacknowledged, beneath our conflicts." "The Guardian" calls it a "timely plea for us to desist from political bickering and see if we can have a sensible discussion about what sort of society we really want to live in." "The Portsmouth Review" calls it an "enlightening read". Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Justice: What's
How to Have Sex in an Epidemic like "How to have Sex" and "Play Fair!" have been described as key elements of the People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement. Sonnabend called the method presented in the manual a "do it yourself" approach that "did not wait for others to take care of pressing needs." As Berkowitz explained, having the power to control one's sex life and to prevent oneself from getting sick was the essence of self-empowerment at a time when AIDS was taking away gay men's sexual freedom and ability to enact a rebellion against heteronormativity through sex. Along with Play Fair!, "How to have Sex" was