Videos on WGBH - Justice

This is the link to the lectures given by Harvard professor Michael Sandel on a serious of economic philosophical topics. I like his lectures because, as he puts it, philosophy asked difficult questions to help people think about why we do what we do. This discussion makes more sense to me now that I have been graduated from grad school, have some work experience interacting with people and that I have spent some time exploring larger issues on my own.
First of all I noticed that my thinking and reasoning improved significantly compared to when I was still in college and grad school. Some of the questions the professor asked, I kind of know where he is leading the students to, and that I have my own answer which turned out to be pretty close to his. I am getting older biologically, and I am just glad that my mental age also grow a bit.
Secondly, the discussion has pointed out couple methodologies to analyze and think about the society. Each method has its unique contribution in terms of providing a framework to analyze and put reason to our social bahavior. A lot of the times there are no standard answer or best answer to some issues but if you have a consistent approach to reason and analyze the issue, one should not feel bad sticking to it. Reasoning is a major work required in thinking justic and other major issues potentially affecting all human being at some point in life. If one can be consistent, clear, and supply with good reasoning that his argument or actions pass the judgement of the majority in a group setting, that action will be perceived as morally adjusted.
I watched 5 video clips so far, and I need to watch more and think about these issues more before putting more thoughts on the blog. These definitely are very interesting topics and I am eager to listen to the young bright students utter their confusion or insight. I am a human being, they are also human being, the fact that they are Harvard students doesn't mean they have all the right answers.
If they asked my opinion, I will rate prefessor Sandel's lecture 5 star, excellent. His speech is clear and the tempo is just perfect for me. He asked questions, interacted with students but also make sure he has the control of the lecture so that audience grasp the whole picture from beginning to end. There are some professors not very good at timing where an excited start was ruined by disaapointed ending.


http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=429