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The seventh of Harvard professor Michael Sandel's famous lectures on the philosophy of justice looks at the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose. If our place in society is determin...ed by where we best fit, doesn't that eliminate personal choice? What if I am best suited to do one kind of work, but I want to do another? Sandel addresses one of the most glaring objections to Aristotle's views on freedom, his defence of slavery as a fitting social role for certain human beings. Students discuss other objections to Aristotle's theories and debate whether his philosophy overly restricts the freedom of individuals.
The seventh of Harvard professor Michael Sandel's famous lectures on the philosophy of justice looks at the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose. If our place in society is determin...ed by where we best fit, doesn't that eliminate personal choice? What if I am best suited to do one kind of work, but I want to do another? Sandel addresses one of the most glaring objections to Aristotle's views on freedom, his defence of slavery as a fitting social role for certain human beings. Students discuss other objections to Aristotle's theories and debate whether his philosophy overly restricts the freedom of individuals.
| Series: | Justice |
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| First transmission date: | 08-03-2011 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC4 |
| Published: | 2011 |
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| Duration: | 00:27:53 |
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| Producer: | Julian Mercer |
| Presenter: | Michael Sandel |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y4y46 OU Website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-justice-the-moral-side-murder |
| Production number: | FKAJ087K |
| Videofinder number: | 82003 |
| Available to public: | no |
