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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10 Questions for Daniel Kahneman
[6:06] Psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses his new book – ‘Thinking, Fast and Slo…
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Richard Dawkins: ‘Somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist’
[9:49] In the latest in John Harris’s National Conversations series of interviews, Richard Dawkins is invited …
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A.C. Grayling: The Unconsidered Life
[2:14] Philosopher and author AC Grayling on thinking critically and being a well-informed citizen of the world. [Sou…
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