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MICHAEL J. SANDEL
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at
Harvard University, where he teaches political philosophy. His course "Justice"
has enrolled more than 15,000 Harvard students. Sandel's writings have been
published in 21 languages. His books include What Money Can't Buy: The Moral
Limits of Markets(2012); Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009); The
Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (2007); Public
Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics (2005); Democracy's
Discontent (1996); andLiberalism and the Limits of Justice(1982; 2nd ed., 1998).
TEACHING STAFF
Tim
Tim Beaumont is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Theory at Harvard. His main
interests lie in Ethics, Political Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Social Science.
He is currently writing a thesis on the thought of John Stuart Mill and Friedrich
Nietzsche.
Jascha
Jascha Smilack of HarvardX is the Lead Course Developer for JusticeX. He holds
a PhD from Harvard in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and taught at Tufts
University for two years before returning to Harvard, where he has worked for
ten years.
Joe
Joe Muller is a graduate student in Harvard Universitys Department of
Government writing on the political outlook of Platos early dialogues. In the past
he has worked as a TA for the department's intro course in political theory as
well as its surveys of ancient and modern political philosophy.
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Lecture 1 - Doing the
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Lecture 2 - The
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Utilitarianism:
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Utilitarianism:
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Libertarianism: Free-
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Libertarianism: Do
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