Title from container. Michael Sandel. Special features: An excerpt from the book, Justice : what's the right thing to do? ; discussion guides ; access to the program Web site, JusticeHarvard.org.
Contents:
The Debating same-sex marriage & The good life. Putting a price tag on life & How to measure pleasure ; Free to choose & Who owns me? ; This land is my land & / Consenting adults -- disc 2. Hired guns & For sale: motherhood ; Mind your motive & The supreme principle of morality ; A lesson in lying & A deal is a deal ; What's a fair start? & What do we deserve? -- disc 3. Applying affirmative action & What's the purpose? ; The good citizen & Freedom vs. fit ; The claims of community & Where our loyalty lies ; Debating same-sex marriage & The good life.
Summary:
"[This] course aims to help viewers become more critically-minded thinkers about the moral decisions we all face in our everyday lives"--Container. Harvard University professor Michael Sandel presents students with ethical dilemmas on modern day issues -- such as affirmative action and same-sex marriage -- then conducts lively, engaging, and remarkably intimate debates that challenge students moral reasoning.
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