Al Jazeera: Arab Spring [video]
Michael Sandel talks to Tony Harris of Talk to Al Jazeera about justice, its meaning and its context within the Arab Spring demonstrations and protest. What is justice? From Tunisia to Egypt to Irag,...
View ArticleMichael Sandel: The Colbert Report [Video]
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Michael Sandel visits Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report for a discussion about money and...
View Article“A New Politics of the Common Good,” BBC Reith Lecture 4
Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in democratic politics. He calls for a new politics of the common good and says that we need to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers....
View Article“Morality in Politics,” BBC Reith Lecture 2
Sandel considers the role of moral argument in politics. He believes that it is often not possible for government to be neutral on moral questions and calls for a more engaged civic debate about issues...
View ArticleTED Talk, “The Lost Art of Democratic Debate”
Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel says — but we’re shamefully out of practice. He leads a fun refresher, with TEDsters sparring over a recent Supreme Court case (PGA online Tour Inc. v....
View Article“Should the Rich World Pay for Climate Change?,” The Global Philosopher, BBC
Sixty people from 30 countries join Michael Sandel in a digital studio at Harvard to discuss the philosophical issues underlying the world’s response to climate change. The developed world has caused...
View Article“Is rape worse than other violent crime?,” The Public Philosopher, BBC Radio 4
Is rape a worse crime than other forms of violent assault? Should verbal sexual harassment be banned? These are two questions put by Harvard’s Michael Sandel – BBC Radio 4’s ‘Public Philosopher’ – who...
View Article“Morality and the State,” The Public Philosopher, BBC Radio 4
Should governments try to influence private morality? Michael Sandel, The Public Philosopher, is back with a new series. In this first programme he is at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands,...
View Article“Why Vote?” The Public Philosopher, BBC Radio 4
Should it be compulsory to vote? Should we fine people who don’t vote? Should we pay people to vote? This is the week that the UK goes to the polls – amid ongoing concerns about the level of democratic...
View Article“Why Democracy?” The Public Philosopher, BBC Radio 4
For the BBC’s Democracy Day, Professor Sandel recorded this special edition of The Public Philosopher inside the Palace of Westminster, challenging his audience of MPs, Peers and the public to think...
View Article“Should National Borders Matter?,” The Global Philosopher, BBC
Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders. Using a pioneering state-of-the-art studio at the Harvard Business School, Prof Sandel is joined by 60 participants...
View ArticleSandel Michael J. 2005. Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics
304. Harvard University Press. http://scholar.harvard.edu/sandel/publications/public-philosophy-essays-morality-politics
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