Justice with Michael Sandel — Season 1, Episode 12: Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life
Talk, Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how should we deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good? Students address this question in a heated debate about same-sex marriage. Should same-sex marriage be legal? Can we settle the matter without discussing the moral permissibility of homosexuality or the purpose of marriage?
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?
- E10The Good Citizen/ Freedom Vs. Fit
- E11The Claims Of Community/Where Our Loyaty Lies