Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #2 – Putting A Pricetag On Life
[55:09] PART ONE: PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Benthams utilitarian l…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #3 – Free To Choose
[55:07] PART ONE: FREE TO CHOOSE Sandel introduces the libertarian conception of individual rights, according to whi…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #4 – THIS LAND IS MY LAND”
[54:58] PART ONE: THIS LAND IS MY LAND The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights so fund…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #5: “HIRED GUNS”
[55:09] PART ONE: HIRED GUNS During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option of hiring substitutes to fight in t…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #6: “MIND YOUR MOTIVE”
[55:13] PART ONE: MIND YOUR MOTIVE Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philoso…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #7: “A LESSON IN LYING”
[55:04] PART ONE: A LESSON IN LYING Immanuel Kants stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions. Kant believe…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #8: “WHATS A FAIR START?”
[55:06] Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principl…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #10: “THE GOOD CITIZEN”
[55:07] PART ONE: THE GOOD CITIZEN Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of …
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #11: “THE CLAIMS OF COMMUNITY”
[55:10] PART ONE: THE CLAIMS OF COMMUNITY Professor Sandel presents Kants objections to Aristotles theory. Kant beli…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #12 ‘DEBATE SAME SEX MARRIAGE’
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