Justice with Michael Sandel in Guyana

Justice with Michael Sandel in Guyana JUSTICE is the first Harvard course to be made freely available. It is your turn to take this journey in moral reflection as Harvard opens its classroom.

JUSTICE is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. Nearly a thousand students pack Harvard’s historic Sanders Theatre to hear Michael Sandel, “perhaps the most prominent college professor in America,” (Washington Post) talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship. This now enables you to take your turn to take the same journey in moral refl

ection that has captivated more than 15,000 students, as Harvard opens its classroom to the world. Selwin Asafa George, who will be the facilitator, has been granted permission by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel to show the videos weekly. Together, we will watch videos of Sandel’s lectures, and see his students grapple with famous thinkers of the past, and some of the most hotly contested issues of our time. We will utilize the coursework to determine the relevance of the issues to Guyana. Some of the topics covered in the sessions include:
- Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor?
- Should race and ethnicity be factors in college admissions?
- Should states recognize same-sex marriage?
- What do we owe one another as citizens? Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?

How should political authority be distributed?
08/08/2014

How should political authority be distributed?

Join the discussion on Monday August 4th at the National Library (6:30pm)
04/08/2014

Join the discussion on Monday August 4th at the National Library (6:30pm)

Is it unfair for the government or other institutions to consider race or ethnicity as a factor in hiring?
30/07/2014

Is it unfair for the government or other institutions to consider race or ethnicity as a factor in hiring?

According to Rawls there should be no differences in income and wealth, except those differences that make even the leas...
25/07/2014

According to Rawls there should be no differences in income and wealth, except those differences that make even the least advantaged members of society better off. Do you agree?

Often, poor kids who are very talented have unequal opportunities because their parents lack the money to send them to g...
23/07/2014

Often, poor kids who are very talented have unequal opportunities because their parents lack the money to send them to good schools, to pay for private lessons, and so on. Compared to equally talented children of rich parents, poor kids have fewer opportunities to develop their talents.
According to Rawls’s idea of fair equality of opportunity, this is unjust. People with the same natural talents and the same willingness to use them should have the same chances of success, no matter how rich or poor their parents, no matter their s*x, or race, or any other social distinction. Do you agree?

Is telling a misleading truth morally equivalent to lying?
18/07/2014

Is telling a misleading truth morally equivalent to lying?

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