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1.FM: Congratulations on topping the class enrollment list this semester. How does it feel to be the biggest?Michael J. Sandel: The best part is that the class discussions spill out of Sanders and into the Yard, the Houses, and the dining halls. Having so many students reading the same texts and debating the same questions makes for a shared intellectual experience, which adds to the learning and also the fun.2.FM: Do you think that making your class available to students through the Extension School has the effect of devaluing it? Part of Harvard’s draw...
...Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science,” Watson—the Nobel Prize winner who, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA—addressed his time at Harvard, praised polygamy, poked fun at Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and discussed the state of science today. He told the audience that he entered science because “I’d probably fail at anything else,” and, in an interview with The Crimson after his speech, said that as a result of discovering the double-helix...
...Sandel wrote that the large class size would only benefit students. In 2005, Justice was capped for the first time at 1,000 students...
...size of the course has one big advantage,” Sandel wrote. “The discussions that begin in class spill out of Sanders Theater and into the houses and the dining halls...
...fact that logically you should push the fat man and kill one to save five, I’m so personally squeamish about killing other people that I couldn’t force myself to push a man into sudden death.” Destined for MR22 Greatness: Sandel (in discussing whether it is moral to turn a train to kill one person as opposed to running into five): “Why would you not turn?” Student (raising hands in triumphant air punch): “Because you’re not supposed to mess with...