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Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel

professor, philosophy, Harvard
http://www.gov.harvard.edu/people/faculty/michael-...
Michael Sandel has been teaching philosophy at Harvard since 1980. He has published six books, on topics including democracy, liberalism, bioethics, and morality in politics. Professor Sandel received his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar.  [more]
Debating Same-Sex Marriage / The Good Life
Michael Sandel
November 29, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Twenty-Two: "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how does society deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good?
The Claims of Community / Where Our Loyalty Lies
Michael Sandel
November 22, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Twenty-One: “The Claims of Community” Professor Sandel presents Immanuel Kant’s and John Rawl’s objections to Aristotle who believe that individuals should be free and capable of choosing his or her ends. This leads to an introduction to the communitarian view.
The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit
The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit
Michael Sandel
November 15, 2009
Lecture Nineteen: "The Good Citizen" Aristotle's theory of justice leads to a contemporary debate about golf, specifically "the purpose" of golf. Students debate whether the PGA was wrong in not allowing a disabled golfer, Casey Martin, to use a golf cart during professional tournaments.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
November 8, 2009
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights?
What’s a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
What’s a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
Michael Sandel
November 1, 2009
00:55:06
Lecture Fifteen: "What's a Fair Start?" John Rawls applied his "veil of ignorance" theory to social and economic equality issues, as well as fair governance.
A Lesson in Lying / A Deal Is A Deal
Michael Sandel
October 25, 2009
00:55:04
Lecture Thirteen: "A Lesson in Lying" Immanuel Kant's stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions; he believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one's own dignity. His theory is put to the test with a hypothetical case.
Image of Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages
Image of Justice: A Reader
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages
Image of Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Harvard University Press (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
Image of Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages
Image of Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 252 pages
Image of The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 176 pages
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