Word: sandel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Content from the 50-minute lectures was whittled down to 30-minute segments, according to course head and Government Professor Michael J. Sandel...
...subject—explained his philosophy about justice as argued in his new book, “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” at a packed panel discussion with three political experts at the Institute of Politics Forum last night. Sandel explained the three basic schools of thought behind justice, succinctly represented by the words “Utility”—seeking the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people; “Consent”—respecting the rights and freedoms of individuals...
...After the signing of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, Michael Sandel infamously voiced a challenging concern for any cap-and-trade scheme. In a New York Times op-ed, Dr. Sandel wrote that cap-and-trade policies at any level would “undermine the ethic we should be trying to foster on the environment.” Many of Sandel’s claims in the piece regarding the economic infeasibility of a cap-and-trade scheme are weak, but the argument that cap and trade could hinder the needed spirit of collective responsibility is no joke...
...could financially afford to? It is a fact that the U.S. cannot trade away all of its emissions credits and will have to make cuts no matter what, but the point still stands. Although aggregate admissions rates would still fall, the sense of shared sacrifice would be lost. Sandel claims the commodification of emissions might remove the stigma associated with emissions. Paying for emissions could very well just become the price of doing business as usual...
...importance of sacred traditions and thought within the modern world was the topic of discussion during a well-attended open forum and question and answer session with noted professors Charles Taylor, Michael J. Sandel, and Homi Bhabha last night. More than 120 people crowded into the Barker Center’s Thompson room to attend the event organized by the Harvard University Press’ Executive Editor for the Humanities Lindsay E. Waters and professors Bhabha and Steven Biel, who are also the directors of the Humanities center at Harvard. An Emeritus professor of political philosophy at McGill University...