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Justice with Michael Sandel

9.0 2009 Talk · Documentary

Justice is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. In this 12-part series, college professor Michael Sandel challenges us with hard moral dilemmas and invites us to ponder the right thing to do-in politics and in our everyday lives.

The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism

The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and…

Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure

Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Benthams utilitarian logic under the name of cost-benefit analysis. Sandel presents…

Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?

Free to Choose/Who Owns Me? Sandel introduces the libertarian conception of individual rights, according to which only a minimal state is justified. Libertarians…

The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults

The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights so fundamental that no government can ever take…

Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood

Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option of hiring substitutes to fight in their…

Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality

Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant rejects utilitarianism. He argues that each of…

A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal

A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal Immanuel Kants stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions. Kant believed that telling a lie, even a…

What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve?

What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve? Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this…

Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose?

Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose? Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl Hopwood who was denied admission to…

The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit

The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of its citizens. The telos…

The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies

The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies Professor Sandel presents Kants objections to Aristotles theory. Kant believes politics must respect individual freedom. People must always…

Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life

Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how…

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