“Hundreds of students pack Harvard’s Sanders Theater for Michael Sandel‘s “Justice” course—an introduction to moral and political
philosophy. They come to hear Sandel lecture about great philosophers
of the past—from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill—but also to debate
contemporary issues that raise philosophical questions—about individual
rights and the claims of community, equality and inequality, morality
and law.” Below is the first lecture of his popular course. Additional ones can be viewed as they are made available here in the weeks ahead.

More Sandel? Check out his excellent BBC Reith Lecture from earlier this year, A New Citizenship. Also check out Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning, and The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering.