If you had to choose between killing one person to save the lives of five others and doing nothing, even though you k...

Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis was used to put a dollar value on human life. ...

Sandel introduces the libertarian notion that redistributive taxation—taxing the rich to give to the poor—is akin to ...

The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights—to life, liberty, and property—which were gi...

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

Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant rejects the notion that mo...

Immanuel Kant believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one’s own dignity. Sandel introduces t...

Rawls argues that even meritocracy—a distributive system that rewards effort—doesn’t go far enough in leveling the pl...

Students discuss the pros and cons of affirmative action. Should we try to correct for inequality in educational back...

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

Communitarians argue that, in addition to voluntary and universal duties, we also have obligations of membership, sol...

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