Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Moral dilemmas

Is it ok to kill one person to save five? Are there any situations when cannibalism can be justified? If a woman signs an agreement giving her consent to being a surrogate mother and later refuses to part with the child, should the agreement be enforced in a court of law? These and other such moral dilemmas are discussed by Prof. Michael Sandel in a course on justice at Harvard University, all the lectures of which are available here. This is the first course that Harvard has made available for free online viewing.

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  1. Dear Suresh, have you started using this device to type? http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-07/news/31304725_1_device-iim-a-graduate-daiict

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    1. Gopal,
      We were also surprised to read the article because we had not spoken to any reporters. Now you know my full name!
      I will write a post about this device shortly.(My "shortly" means one month.

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