Justice with Michael Sandel — Season 1, Episode 10: The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit
Talk, Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of its citizens. The telos or goal of the state and political community is the good life. And those citizens who contribute most to the purpose of the community are the ones who should be most rewarded. But how do we know the purpose of a community or a practice? Aristotles theory of justice leads to a contemporary debate about golf. Sandel describes the case of Casey Martin, a disabled golfer, who sued the PGA after it declined his request to use a golf cart on the PGA Tour. The case leads to a debate about the purpose of golf and whether a players ability to walk the course is essential to the game.
About Justice with Michael Sandel
Justice is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. In this 12-part series, college professor Michael Sandel challenges us with hard moral dilemmas and invites us to ponder the right thing to do-in politics and in our everyday lives.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Moral Side of Murder/The Case for Cannibalism
- E2Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure
- E3Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?
- E4The Land is My Land/Consenting Adults
- E5Hired Guns?/For Sale: Motherhood
- E6Mind Your Motive/The Supreme Principle of Morality
- E7A Lesson In Lying/A Deal Is A Deal
- E8What's A Fair Start?/What Do We Deserve?
- E9Arguing Affirmative Action/What's The Purpose?
- E11The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies
- E12Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life