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...concentration, it still suffers from a lack of faculty and funding (maybe that’s why it’s still banished to the Quad). You’ll never meet the famous profs who supposedly belong to the committee that steers Social Studies—the Michael Sandel??s and company. Actually you probably won’t know they’re on the steering committee or that there is even a steering committee. For all practical purposes, Anya Bernstein (the Dean of Undergraduate Studies) is the face of Social Studies. If you?...
...particular subtopics of interest. The biggest hurdle for these Courses in General Education will be finding faculty with the necessary interest and breadth to teach such wide-sweeping curricula.That’s not to say such faculty don’t exist. Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel??s Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” is the textbook example. But in many cases, students end up with team teaching—for example, Biological Sciences 56, which boasts four professors on top of a full staff of teaching fellows. Such courses lack...
...time of great political division in our country.” Although they are excited about conducting their study groups, all the fellows also expressed interest in concurrently taking a variety of classes at the College. “I’m going to try to take Michael Sandel??s bioethics class and Positive Psych,” said Lynch. Biological Sciences 60/Government 1093, “Ethics, Biotechnology, and the Future of Human Nature,” taught by political philosopher Sandel and Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton, has attracted more than...
...that engages differences” is preferable to one that “floats above moral and religious differences.” He cited the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Gacaca tribunals in South Africa and Rwanda as examples of successful efforts to reconcile communal differences in society. Sandel??s discussion of creating a progressive public philosophy received supportive reviews from members of the audience. “What appealed to me was creating a narrative to support our Democratic policies,” said Melissa L. Dunseath, a graduate student at Emerson College...
...should be relatively uncomplicated to ensure that all interested students can take Justice in the future. Ultimately, though, the systemic size problem Justice is encountering now can be traced to Professor Sandel??s own mercurial decision making. At the beginning of 2003’s Justice class, rumors swirled that this would be Sandel??s last turn at the podium, and the same thing is happening this year. Rumors like these swell class numbers to Cher Farewell Tour heights. Sandel should be firm about his future plans to teach the course, so that students can plan...