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Putting a Price Tag on Life — Cost-Benefit Analysis & John Stuart Mill

Michael SandelDistinguishedHarvard University

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government

55:10·2009·introductory level

Tests Bentham's utilitarian calculus against real corporate cost-benefit memos (Ford Pinto, Philip Morris) and Mill's distinction between higher and lower pleasures.

PhilosophyMoral & Political PhilosophyCalculus & AnalysisUtilitarianismJohn Stuart Mill

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Michael SandelDistinguished

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University

Harvard University political philosopher whose course 'Justice' introduced moral and political philosophy to a global audience.

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