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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"
Harvard
3,462,816 views
PART ONE: THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER
If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that fiv...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 02: "PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE"
Harvard
865,944 views
PART ONE: PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE
Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Benthams utilitarian logic under the name of cost-benefit analysis. Sandel presen...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 03: "FREE TO CHOOSE"
Harvard
637,551 views
ART ONE: FREE TO CHOOSE
Sandel introduces the libertarian conception of individual rights, according to which only a minimal state is justified. Libertarians argue that...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 04: "THIS LAND IS MY LAND"
Harvard
461,053 views
PART ONE: THIS LAND IS MY LAND
The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights so fundamental that no government can ever take them away. These ...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 05: "HIRED GUNS"
Harvard
221,615 views
PART ONE: HIRED GUNS
During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option of hiring substitutes to fight in their place. Professor Sandel asks students whether they ...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 06: "MIND YOUR MOTIVE"
Harvard
236,517 views
PART ONE: MIND YOUR MOTIVE
Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant rejects utilitarianism. He argues that each of us h...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 07: "A LESSON IN LYING"
Harvard
180,439 views
PART ONE: A LESSON IN LYING
Immanuel Kants stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions. Kant believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of on...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 08: "WHATS A FAIR START?"
Harvard
169,319 views
ART ONE: WHATS A FAIR START?
Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principles you would choose to gove...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: "ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION"
Harvard
134,797 views
PART ONE: ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PART TWO: WHAT'S THE PURPOSE?
Part 1
Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl Hopwood who was denied admis...
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 10: "THE GOOD CITIZEN"
Harvard
119,599 views
PART ONE: THE GOOD CITIZEN
Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of its citizens. The telos or goal of the state and political ...
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