When can it be morally correct murder? Episode 1 of the course of Justice of Michael Sandel. (Workshop with film projection CADI, Wednesday 3 February at 16:00)

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When can it be morally correct murder? What would you do if you had to choose between (1) to kill one person to save the lives of other five and (2) doing nothing, even if you knew that the five would die in front of you if you didn't do anything? What would be fair physiographically morally to do? It is the hypothetical scenario that appeals to Professor Michael Sandel or opening course at Harvard University about drawing any conclusions.  When can it be morally correct cannibalism? Sandel introduces the principles of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, discussing a famous 19th-century trial about the wreck, a crew of four sailors. After nineteen days later, the captain decides to kill him on the weakest of them because everybody else to feed on his flesh and blood in order to survive.

 

Workshop schedule:

16:15-17:15 Screening episode The Moral Side of Murder | The Case for Cannibalism

17:15-18:45 free talk