The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism

Justice with Michael Sandel Season 1 Episode 1

Overview:
If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? Thats the hypothetical scenario Professor Michael Sandel uses to launch his course on moral reasoning. After the majority of students votes for killing the one person in order to save the lives of five others, Sandel presents three similar moral conundrums—each one artfully designed to make the decision more difficult. As students stand up to defend their conflicting choices, it becomes clear that the assumptions behind our moral reasoning are often contradictory, and the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always black and white.

Genre : Talk, Documentary

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Release Date : 2009-09-09

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism
1. The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism
Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure
2. Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure
Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?
3. Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?
The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults
4. The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults
Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood
5. Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood
Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality
6. Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality
A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal
7. A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal
What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve?
8. What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve?
Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose?
9. Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose?
The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit
10. The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit
The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies
11. The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies
Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life
12. Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life


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