Justice: The Moral Side of Murder & Cannibalism
54:56Harvard Justice #02: Putting a Price Tag on Life — Cost-Benefit Analysis & John Stuart Mill
55:10Harvard Justice #03: Free to Choose — Robert Nozick, Self-Ownership & The Minimal State
55:08Harvard Justice #04: This Land Is My Land — John Locke on Natural Rights, Labor & Consent
54:58Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 05: "HIRED GUNS"
55:10Harvard Justice #06: Mind Your Motive — Immanuel Kant's Groundwork & Categorical Imperative
55:13Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 07: "A LESSON IN LYING"
55:04Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 08: "WHATS A FAIR START?"
55:07Arguing Affirmative Action
55:01The Good Citizen
55:08The Claims of Community
55:11Debating Same-Sex Marriage
55:11The Public Philosopher: Healthcare, Welfare, and the American Dream
1:19:19Debating Same-Sex Marriage
This lecture navigates the complex relationship between justice principles and varying conceptions of the good life, focusing on the debate over same-sex marriage. It questions whether reasoning about the good is essential for determining rights.
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PART ONE: DEBATING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how should we deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good? Students address this question in a heated debate about same-sex marriage. Should same-sex marriage be legal? Can we settle the matter without discussing the moral permissibility of homosexuality or the purpose of marriage?
The Claims of Community
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