Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure

This second set of video lectures from Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? with Harvard University professor Michael Sandel investigates the philosophy of Utilitarianism through (1) contemporary examples of cost-benefit analysis to find "the greatest good for the greatest number" and (2) a discussion of whether pleasure is quantifiable.

Free to Choose/Who Owns Me?

This third set of video lectures from Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? with Harvard University professor Michael Sandel introduces the Libertarian philosophies that (1) the ideal state is a society with minimal governmental interference and (2) taxing the wealthy is a form of coercion.

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Geospatial Revolution: Mapping Power

Kibera, a poor community, in Nairobi, was a blank spot on the map until recently. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology enabled residents to map resources to help their community.

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