Justice — Season 1, Episode 2: Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis was used to put a dollar value on human life. The cases give rise to several objections to the utilitarian logic of seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number.” Is it possible to sum up and compare all values using a common measure like money?
About Justice
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
- 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
- E12Debating Same-Sex Marriage/The Good Life