Lectures tagged "justice"

This Land is My Land / Consenting Adults
Michael Sandel
October 4, 2009
00:54:58
Lecture Seven: "This Land is My Land" John Locke is both a supporter and detractor from the theory of Libertarianism. Locke argues that in the "state of nature," before any political structure has been established, every human has certain natural rights to life, liberty -- and property.
Free to Choose / Who Owns Me?
Michael Sandel
September 27, 2009
00:55:07
Lecture Five: "Free to Choose" Libertarians believe the ideal state is a society with minimal governmental interference. Sandel introduces Robert Nozick, a libertarian philosopher, who argues that individuals have the fundamental right to choose how they want to live their own lives.
Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure
Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure
Michael Sandel
September 20, 2009
00:55:09
Lecture Three: "Putting a Price Tag on Life" Jeremy Bentham's late 18th century Utilitarian theory -- summed up as "the greatest good for the greatest number" -- is often used today under the name of "cost-benefit analysis." Sandel presents some contemporary examples where corporations used this th
The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism
Michael Sandel
September 13, 2009
00:54:56
Lecture One: "The Moral Side of Murder" If you had to choose between killing one person or five, what would you do? What's the right thing to do?
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Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism
Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz
October 23, 2007
01:01:53
Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz raises questions about our assumptions about race, identity and justice. She pays close attention the meaning of history as it pertains to Jews and Jewishness, including the immensely complicated issue of Jewish relatedness.
Civil Rights Movement in Boston, 1960-1968: Jim Crow Education in Boston, Spark of the Movement
Paul Parks
November 4, 2006
01:12:07
Power and Protest: The Civil Rights Movement in Boston, 1960-1968 A Public Symposium on Our Freedom Decade