Justice - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The Moral Side of Murder
Professor Michael Sandel presents the first in a series of lectures from his Harvard undergraduate course in Political Philosophy. He explores the morality of murder and asks whether there can ever be a case for killing.
The Case for Cannibalism
Michael Sandel presents a lecture from his Harvard course on justice, exploring Jeremy Bentham's utilitarian philosophy with reference to an infamous 19th century legal case.
How to Measure Pleasure
Michael Sandel's lecture uses Hamlet and The Simpsons to explore John Stuart Mill's theory that utilitarianism can make room for a distinction between higher and lower pleasures.
A Lesson in Lying
Harvard professor Michael Sandel examines Immanuel Kant's stringent theory of morality, which says that telling any type of lie is a violation of one's own dignity.
What's a Fair Start?
Michael Sandel's lecture looks at John Rawls, who argued that for a fair social system one must start from an imaginary position where everyone has the same opportunity to succeed.
The Good Citizen
Michael Sandel's lecture on the philosophy of justice links Aristotle's belief that the purpose of politics is to promote the virtue of a country's citizenry with the game of golf.
Freedom vs Fit
Michael Sandel's lecture looks at the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose, and he addresses one of the most glaring objections to Aristotle's views on freedom.
The Good Life
Lecture using controversies over same-sex marriage and abortion to examine whether it is necessary to reason about the good life in order to decide what rights people have.
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