If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even thoug...

Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Benthams utilitarian logic under the name of cost-benefit analysis....

Sandel introduces the libertarian conception of individual rights, according to which only a minimal state is justifi...

The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights so fundamental that no government can ever t...

During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option of hiring substitutes to fight in their place. Professor Sa...

Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant rejects utilitarianism. ...

Immanuel Kants stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions. Kant believed that telling a lie, even a white...

Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principles...

Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl Hopwood who was denied admission to a Texas law sc...

Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of its citizens. The telos or goal ...

Professor Sandel presents Kants objections to Aristotles theory. Kant believes politics must respect individual freed...

If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how should we deal wit...