Lectures
- 2. Hedonistic Utilitarianism
- 3. Enforcement of Morals
- 4. A New Account of the Human Good
- 5. Benefits of Freedom
- 6. Free Exercise and Religious Accommodations
- 7. The Minimal State and Possessive Libertarianism
- 9. Liberty and Labor Market Regulation
- 10. Liberty and the Rule of Law
- 11. Choice-Based Libertarianism
- 13. Equal Opportunity and Education
- 14. Equality and Personal Responsibility
- 16. The Problem of Health Insurance
- 17. Equality and Affirmative Action
- 18. Reconciling Liberty and Equality
- 21. Even More Egalitarian?
- 22. Political Equality and Campaign Finance
- 23. Justice at Life's Inception
- 24. Multiculturalism, Group Rights, and Gender Equality
- 25. Human Rights
- 26. Rights and Emergencies
Justice
Course Summary
This course is based on 17.01J / 24.04J Justice made available by Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
This course explores three fundamental questions about the ideal of a just society and the place of values of liberty and equality in such a society. Answers to the questions provided by three contemporary theories of justice: Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Egalitarian Liberalism will be examined. To assess the strengths and weaknesses of these theories, a discussion of their implications for some topics of ongoing moral-political controversy will also be covered. (Video/audio recordings of the lectures are currently not available)
Reading Material
1. Textbook (MIT 17.01): Capitalism and FreedomFriedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780226264219.
2. Textbook (MIT 17.01J): Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Nozick, Robert. Anarchy, State, and Utopia. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2006. ISBN: 9780465051007.
3. Textbook (MIT 17.01): A Theory of Justice
Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780674000780.
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Course Material
1. Assignments (MIT 17.01)Assignment topics and sample student papers.
