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网上有些很好的课，这是其中之一 http://justiceharvard.org/ Justice by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel Episode One: Part 1 - The Moral Side of Murder: If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing, even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? That’s the hypothetical scenario Professor Michael Sandel uses to launch his course on moral reasoning. Part 2 - The Case for Cannibalism: Sandel introduces the principles of utilitarian philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, with a famous nineteenth century law case involving a shipwrecked crew of four. After nineteen days lost at sea, the captain decides to kill the cabin boy, the weakest amongst them, so they can feed on his blood and body to survive. Moral Reasoning *Consequentialist -- Locates morality in the consequences of an act *Categorical -- Locates morality in certain duties and rights http://justiceharvard.org/index.php?opt ... 1&Itemid=8 ---------------------- Episode Two Part 1 - PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE: Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis was used to put a dollar value on human life. The cases give rise to several objections to the utilitarian logic of seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number.” Is it possible to sum up and compare all values using a common measure like money? Part 2 - HOW TO MEASURE PLEASURE: Sandel introduces J. S. Mill, a utilitarian philosopher who argues that seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number” is compatible with protecting individual rights, and that utilitarianism can make room for a distinction between higher and lower pleasures. Sandel tests this theory by playing video clips from three very different forms of entertainment: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the reality show Fear Factor, and The Simpsons "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. Better to be Socrates dissatisfied tan a fool satisfied. And if the foll or the pig are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their side of te questions."---- John Stuart Mill "Justice is a name for certain moral requirements, which , regarded collectively, stand higher in the scale of social utility and are therefore more paramount obligation than any others." --- John Stuart Mill http://justiceharvard.org/index.php?opt ... 2&Itemid=9