Baseball Hall of Famer, Pedro Martinez, talked with Professor Michael Sandel about his celebrated baseball career during a visit at Sanders Theatre.
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Episode 01If you had to choose between killing one person to save the lives of five others and doing nothing, what would you do?Episode 02Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis is used to put a dollar value on human life.Episode 03With humorous references to Bill Gates and Michael Jordan, Sandel introduces the libertarian notion that [...]Episode 04If we all have unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property, how can a government enforce tax laws [...]Episode 05During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option paying less privileged citizens to fight in [...]Episode 06Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant argues [...]Episode 07If your friend were hiding inside your home, and a person intent on killing your friend came to [...]Episode 08Rawls argues that even meritocracy, a distributive system that rewards effort, doesn’t go far [...]Episode 09Should we compensate for historical injustices such as slavery and segregation? When a [...]Episode 10How does Aristotle address the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose? [...]Episode 11We inherit our past, and our identities, from our family, city, or country. What [...]Episode 12In the final lecture, Sandel makes the case for a new politics of the common [...]
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