What’s the Right Thing To Do?

I would like to make a recommendation for the lecture Justice: What’s the right thing to do? by Michael Sandel, given at Havard University. It is an introduction on moral reasoning.

A warning in advance: you cannot unlearn what you have learned. This lecture will change your way of thinking and consequently your reasoning.

You can find it on the well-known centralized video platform by that North-American company. The mobile application of the video platform clips the episodes titles unfavorably which makes it hard to navigate. Here are the episodes in order:

Episode 01 “The Moral Side Of Murder”
Episode 02: “Putting A Price Tag On Life”
Episode 03: “Free To Choose”
Episode 04: “This Land Is My Land”
Episode 05: “Hired Guns”
Episode 06: “Mind Your Motive”
Episode 07: “A Lesson In Lying”
Episode 08: “Whats A Fair Start?”
Episode 09: “Arguing Affirmative Action”
Episode 10: “The Good Citizen”
Episode 11: “The Claims Of Community”
Episode 12: “Debating Same-Sex Marriage”

I wish I would have experienced such a lecture format during my studies. The interactivity and open discussions are impressive.¹ The audience does not shy away from hard questions and is striving to keep discussions on the “high level”.

And now, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do: start watching. :)

To be honest, I found it weird when the lecturers started to remember the student’s names. ↩