Michael sandel - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

It will be updated to contain all the information before the exam. This summary contains all the material that has been discussed in the lectures, the book, and the additional readings. All chapters of the book 'Justice' by Michael Sandel are summarised by topic. It includes the information discussed in all the lectures and the quizzes that are mandatory with my own answers.

Michael Sandel's Justice Summary Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael Sandel's Justice Summary Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Principle of utility Whatever produces pleasure or happiness and whatever prevents pain or suffering. Cost-benefit analysis A calculation system used by utilitarians that translates all costs and benefits into monetary terms in order to compare. Ex: measuring the effects of smoking on the Czech national budget - gov't gains more money th...

Market Society 1.)why is Michael Sandel worried 2.)what is the extreme/individual form of moral relativism? 3.)what about this form of relativism makes it comfortably fit into a market society? 1.)Market values will enter the lives of people to the point where it could be morally wrong. everything can be be bought or sold. affect peoples relationships with each other. people can be bought(tattoo on head) 1.a.)market ECONOMY to market SOCIETY. when something can be bought and sold it ...

In the US, blood donors can be compensated. In the UK, they cannot. Michael Sandel cites a study comparing these two systems and showing that the British system had less waste, contamination, cost, and shortages than the American system. Sandel uses this example, and other similar cases, to claim that: -Turning a gift into a commodity for sale changes the meaning of the exchange. -We need ethical reflection in economics to help us determine the appropriate limits of the marketplace. -Some...

What are the primary moral principles predominantly employed in bioethics correct answer: Autonomy, Non-maleficence, beneficence, justice Michael Sandel argues that the real problem with performance enhancing drugs and genetic engineering in sports is NOT "that they undermine effort and erode human agency." What, according to Sandel, is the real ethical problem with such technologies? correct answer: "represent a kind of hyper-agency, a Promethean aspiration to remake nature, including h...

This is the book summary of the obligatory material for the Business Ethics Exam.

Purdy correct answer: "Conception can sometimes be morally wrong on grounds of genetic information, although the judgment will not apply to those who accept the moral legitimacy of abortion and are willing to employ prenatal screening and selective abortion." Risk (there are risks to procreate and therefore it shouldn't always be permissible. Purdy ) correct answer: a. Because of environmental conditions or poverty b. Because you live in a civil war/ lack of social services c. Beca...

Michael Sandel's Justice Summary Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael Sandel's Justice Summary Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Principle of utility Whatever produces pleasure or happiness and whatever prevents pain or suffering. Cost-benefit analysis A calculation system used by utilitarians that translates all costs and benefits into monetary terms in order to compare. Ex: measuring the effects of smoking on the Czech national budget - gov't gains more money th...

Whole summary of the book: Justice - What's the right to do? Written by Michael J. Sandel. Supplemented by notes of class.

Extensive (English) summary of all 6 lectures of the course (Business) Ethics, plus all associated chapters (1-3, 5-6, 8-9).