Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? - Season 1

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesSep 4, 2009 - Sep 4, 2009

Episodes

The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism
Season 1Episode 160 min

The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism

If you had to choose between killing one person to save the lives of five others and doing nothing, even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do?
Sep 4, 2009
Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure
Season 1Episode 260 min

Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure

Sep 4, 2009
Free to Choose / Who Owns Me?
Season 1Episode 360 min

Free to Choose / Who Owns Me?

Sep 4, 2009
This Land is my Land / Consenting Adults
Season 1Episode 460 min

This Land is my Land / Consenting Adults

Sep 4, 2009
Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood
Season 1Episode 560 min

Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood

Sep 4, 2009
Mind Your Motive / The Supreme Principle of Morality
Season 1Episode 660 min

Mind Your Motive / The Supreme Principle of Morality

Sep 4, 2009
A Lesson in Lying / A Deal is a Deal
Season 1Episode 760 min

A Lesson in Lying / A Deal is a Deal

Immanuel Kant believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one’s own dignity. Sandel introduces the modern philosopher, John Rawls, who argues that a fair set of principles would be those principles we would all agree to if we had to choose rules for our society and no one had any unfair bargaining power.
Sep 4, 2009
What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
Season 1Episode 860 min

What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?

Sep 4, 2009
Arguing Affirmative Action / What's the Purpose?
Season 1Episode 960 min

Arguing Affirmative Action / What's the Purpose?

Students discuss the pros and cons of affirmative action. Should we try to correct for inequality in educational backgrounds by taking race into consideration? Should we compensate for historical injustices such as slavery and segregation? Is the argument in favor of promoting diversity a valid one? How does it size up against the argument that a student’s efforts and achievements should carry more weight than factors that are out of his or her control and therefore arbitrary? When a university’s stated mission is to increase diversity, is it a violation of rights to deny a white person admission? Sandel introduces Aristotle and his theory of justice. He believes that justice is about giving people their due, what they deserve.
Sep 4, 2009
The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit
Season 1Episode 1060 min

The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit

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 community is the “good life”. And those citizens who contribute most to the purpose of the community are the ones who should be most rewarded. But how do we know the purpose of a community or a practice? How does Aristotle address the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose? If our place in society is determined by where we best fit, doesn’t that eliminate personal choice? What if I am best suited to do one kind of work, but I want to do another?
Sep 4, 2009
The Claims of Community / Where Our Loyalty Lies
Season 1Episode 1160 min

The Claims of Community / Where Our Loyalty Lies

Sep 4, 2009
Debating Same-sex Marriage / The Good Life
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Debating Same-sex Marriage / The Good Life

Sep 4, 2009

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