Justice with Michael Sandel
Season 1 Episode 3 - Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?
9.0 ?
2009
Talk
Sandel introduces the libertarian conception of individual rights, according to which only a minimal state is justified. Libertarians argue that government shouldnt have the power to enact laws that 1) protect people from themselves, such as seat belt laws, 2) impose some peoples moral values on society as a whole, or 3) redistribute income from the rich to the poor. Sandel explains the libertarian notion that redistributive taxation is akin to forced labor with references to Bill Gates and Michael Jordan.
Episodes in Season 1
1
The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism
2
Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure
3
Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?
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4
The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults
5
Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood
6
Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality
7
A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal
8
What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve?
9
Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose?
10
The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit
11
The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies
12
