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Michael Sandel “What Money Can’t Buy”

In this second half of the semester, our recent readings of Foer and Beavan have explored two moral issues: the torturous suffering of animals in factory farms for the sake of “palate preferences”, and the destructive impact our convenience and … Continue reading

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Antonin Scalia and “Morals Legislation”

Although so far in the course we have been focusing primarily on the morality of politicians and leaders, we have also been exploring, as Professor Kirkpatrick outlined last week, several other themes in morality and politics.  One of these themes … Continue reading

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