Would you sacrifice one life to save five?
Is it okay to steal a drug your child needs to live?
Is torture ever justified?
These are the questions Professor Michael J. Sandel poses in his legendary course and New York Times-bestseller Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
His class on moral philosophy is consistently the most popular at Harvard with over 1,000 students at a time. On November 7th, we're taking his accessible approach directly to you.
It's a new, interactive form of the traditional author reading, one where readers can join in from anywhere in the country.
All you need to participate is a telephone. The teleforum format enables you to interact with Professor Sandel directly, answering his questions and asking your own. Simply sign up in advance and we call you as the event begins. It's completely free.
"What Justice does, and does very well, is teach. Sandel explains theories of justice based on utilitarianism (minimize social harm), libertarianism (maximize personal freedom) and communitarianism (cultivate civic virtue) with clarity and immediacy honed by years of classroom presentation; the ideas of Aristotle, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Robert Nozick and John Rawls have rarely, if ever, been set out as accessibly."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Justice" Live with Michael J. Sandel
Sunday November 7, 2010
5:00-6:00 p.m. EST / 2:00-3:00 p.m. PST
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