Sandel's "Justice" and Theories of Rights

As discussed in class, Prof. Michael Sandel's course entitled "Justice" at Harvard is a fantastic introduction to theories of rights and perspectives on moral philosophy, illustrating each with great dilemmas drawn from our current public discourse. Each class is just 25 minutes, and they are both entertaining as well as informative and thought provoking.

You can watch the classes as well as find introductory notes, questions, and reference to the detailed readings, at course website. You can also access and download the video/audio podcasts for each class on iTunes. Below is the first class.