Justice, Ethics, Citizenship    

Topics Include:

Justice for All

Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?

Doing the Right Thing in Public and Private Life

What Do We Owe One Another as Citizens?

Reasoning Together About Hard Moral Questions

Bioethics    

Topics Include:

Ethics, Biotechnology, and the Future of Human Nature

The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering

What’s Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering?

The Case Against Perfection: The Brave New World of Genetic Engineering

Are There Limits to Health?

Markets, Morals, and Civic Life    

Do bankers deserve to make hundreds of times what school teachers earn?  Is the free market fair?  What have we learned from the financial crisis?  What is the role of markets in achieving the public good?  Join Michael Sandel, Harvard political philosopher and author of the New York Times best seller Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? for a lively discussion of markets, democracy, and the big ethical questions that confront American society today.

Globalization    

Topics Include:

Globalization and Its Critics

Globalization and Its Discontents

Is Globalization Good For Democracy?

Capitalism, Democracy, and the Common Good

Hard Questions, Big Ideas:  How To Think About Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Age

American Politics Today    

Topics Include:

The Lost Art of Democratic Argument: What’s Become of Civility?

Restoring Civility to Democratic Politics

Why Is Politics Today So Bitter and Partisan, and What Can We Do About It?

Does Religion Belong in Politics?

The Role of Faith in Public Life

Financial/Business/Corporate Ethics    

Topics Include:

What’s the Right Thing To Do?

Contending With Disagreement

Moral Dilemmas at Home and Abroad

Leadership and Moral Argument

Teaching and Education    

Topics Include:

Moral Education

Civic Education

Can Ethics Be Taught?

Education for Leadership

Education for Democracy

How to Have Reasoned Argument About Hard Questions

A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PROGRAMS WITH MICHAEL SANDEL    

Professor Sandel's talks can be presented either as a straight lecture or a participatory session with the audience, regardless of the theme or topic.