Our 2023-2024 topic will be Michael Sandel's lectures on Justice.
There will be 24 sessions. They will begin the week of 30 October 2023 and continue until May 2024.
facilitated by Andrew Kernohan
The videos are also available through Michael Sandel's Harvard website: https://scholar.harvard.edu/sandel/justice under the Justice tab at the top of the page.
A typescript of Andrew Kernohan, Applied Ethical Reasoning is available here.
31 October 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 1. "The Moral Side of Murder."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY to time = 24:40
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 00, 06.1 and 06.2
7 November 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 2. "The Case for Cannibalism."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY from time = 24:40 to end
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 01.4 and 01.5
14 November 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 3. "Putting a Price Tag on Life."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2Rq4HJBxw to time = 24:13
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 04.intro and 04.4
21 November 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 4. "How to Measure Pleasure."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2Rq4HJBxw from time = 24:13 to end
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 04.2
28 November 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 5. "Free to Choose."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4l1w0rkjs to time = 27:22
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 03.1 and 03.2
5 December 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 6. "Who Owns Me?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4l1w0rkjs from time = 27:22 to end
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.3
12 December 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 7. "This Land is My Land."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyygiXMzRk to time = 25:14
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 03.4 and 03.5
19 December 2023
Michael Sandel, Lecture 8. "Consenting Adults."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyygiXMzRk from time = 25:14 to end
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 05.intro and 05.1
9 January 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 9. "Hired Guns?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yT4RZy1t3s&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=5 to time = 27:05
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 04.intro and 04.1
16 January 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 10. "For Sale: Motherhood."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yT4RZy1t3s&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=5 from time = 27:05
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 04.4
23 January 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 11. "Mind Your Motive"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rv-4aUbZxQ&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=6 to time = 28:25
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.intro
30 January 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 12. "The Supreme Principle of Morality."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rv-4aUbZxQ&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=6 from time = 28:25
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.1
6 February 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 13. "A Lesson in Lying."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqzW0eHzDSQ&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=7 time = 22:36.
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.1 again
13 February 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 14. "A Deal is a Deal."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqzW0eHzDSQ&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=7 from time = 22:36.
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.4
20 February 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 15. "What's a Fair Start?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcL66zx_6No&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=8 to time = 24:38
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.5
27 February 2024
Michael Sandel, Lecture 16. "What do We Deserve"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcL66zx_6No&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=8 from time = 24:38
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 02.5
5 March 2024
Lecture 17 - Arguing Affirmative Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUhReMT5uqA to time = 25:56
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 03.4 again
12 March 2024
Lecture 18 - What's the Purpose?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUhReMT5uqA from time = 25:56
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 02.Intro and 02.1
19 March 2024
Lecture 19 - The Good Citizen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiazbyOSqQ to time = 27:01
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 02.5
26 March 2024
Lecture 20 - Freedom VS. Fit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiazbyOSqQ from time = 27:01
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 02.3
2 April 2024
Lecture 21 – The Claims of Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOotE9_OGGs to time = 24:02
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning sections 02.2 and 01.3
9 April 2024
Lecture 22 – Where Our Loyalty Lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOotE9_OGGs from time = 24:02
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 01.3
16 April 2024
Lecture 23 – Debating Same-Sex Marriage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD9P-9sj4M to time = 24:03
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 02.4
23 April 2024
Lecture 24 – The Good Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD9P-9sj4M from time = 24:03
Suggested reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 06.Intro and 06.1
Additional reading Applied Ethical Reasoning section 06.2. 06.3, and 06.4
30 April 2024
Class cancelled
7 May 2024
Michael Sandel, "The Tyranny of Merit," TED 2020, 8:37
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_tyranny_of_merit?language=en
Betsy will facilitate
14 May 2024
Andrew: Ethical Reasoning and Ethical Pluralism lecture
The Lifeboat Case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeZEvSMMRo0&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&t=3s
Suggested reading:
Markkula Center, "A framework for ethical decision-making," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/a-framework-for-ethical-decision-making/
21 May 2024
Consequentialist cases:
The Cost of Life & the EPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXn6BG_JJtk&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=2
Operas and dogfights: https://youtu.be/GeZEvSMMRo0?list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK
Sports money and taxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_SaWd_0lI&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=5&pp=iAQB
Motorcycle helmets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4JH_9GN6a4&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=4&pp=iAQB
Suggested reading:
Markkula Center, "Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/calculating-consequences-the-utilitarian-approach/
28 May 2024
Rights and Justice cases:
The shopkeeper's actions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QATGv6ihVcM&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=9&pp=iAQB
Lying to a murderer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6MaJAE3Qk&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=10&pp=iAQB
A thought experiment by John Rawls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec577hwU_g8&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=12&pp=iAQB
Affirmative action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuB244eXpio&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=14&pp=iAQB
Suggested reading:
Markkula Center, "Rights," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/rights/ and
"Justice and Fairness," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/justice-and-fairness/
4 June 2024
Virtue and Communitarian cases:
Casey Martin and the telos of golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4JkWXuU3Q&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=16&pp=iAQB
Citizen responsibility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imaqu49Ei4o&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=17&pp=iAQB
Friendship and honesty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BnUiqauY_I&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=18&pp=iAQB
Debating same-sex marriage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlaVziajxI4&list=PLH37By4v_fxl-VGRzq7R6yC4-uSihxAHK&index=19&pp=iAQB
Suggested reading:
Markkula Center, "The Common Good," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/the-common-good/ and
"Ethics and Virtue," https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/ethics-and-virtue/