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1、AboutJusticeJusticeisoneofthemostpopularcoursesinHarvard’shistory.NearlyonethousandstudentspackHarvard’shistoricSandersTheatretohearProfessorSandeltalkaboutjustice,equality,democracy,andcitizenship.Nowit’syourturntotakethesamejourneyinmoralreflectionthathascaptivatedmorethan14,000students,
2、asHarvardopensitsclassroomtotheworld.Thiscourseaimstohelpviewersbecomemorecriticallymindedthinkersaboutthemoraldecisionsweallfaceinoureverydaylives.Inthis12-partseries,Sandelchallengesuswithdifficultmoraldilemmasandasksouropinionabouttherightthingtodo.Hethenasksustoexamineouranswersintheli
3、ghtofnewscenarios.Theresultisoftensurprising,revealingthatimportantmoralquestionsareneverblackandwhite.Sortingoutthesecontradictionssharpensourownmoralconvictionsandgivesusthemoralclaritytobetterunderstandtheopposingviewsweconfrontinademocracy.“(Sandel)isabletoconductremarkablyeffectivedia
4、loguesinthoselargeclasses,likeaconductorpickingoutawindhere,abrassthere.Heposesmoraldilemmassoacuteonecouldescapetheagonyonlybythinking.”-KathleenSullivan,formerJUSTICEteachingfellow,nowaprofessoratStanfordLawSchoolThiscoursealsoaddressesthehottopicsofourday—samesexmarriage,affirmativeacti
5、on,patriotismandrights—andSandelshowsusthatwecanrevisitfamiliarcontroversieswithafreshperspective.ProfessorSandelbelievestheprocessofthinkingourwaythroughthedifficultmoralquestionsofourday—figuringoutwhatwethink,andwhy—helpsmakeusbettercitizens.“HeisthegreatestteacherIhaveeverseen.Heisable
6、,withoutvisibleeffort,tomakealecturetostudentsseemlikeanintimate,Socraticdialogue.”-JedRubenfeld,formerJUSTICEteachingfellow,nowtheRobertR.SlaughterProfessorofLaw,YaleLawSchoolEpisodeGuideForthebestlearningexperience,watchthetwelveJusticeepisodesinchronologicalorder.EverySunday,anadditiona
7、lepisodewillbeaddedtothewebsiteandavailableforviewing.Eachonehourepisodeincludestwoseparatelectures.Belowisasummaryofalltwelveepisodes.EpisodeOnePARTONE:THEMORALSIDEOFMURDERIfyouhadtochoosebetween(1)killingonepersontosavethelivesoffiveothersand(2)doingnothinge