Michael Sandel on The Limits of the Market
Did you know that you can pay for an upgrade of your prison cell if you are incarcerated in California? For those interested in thinking about what can and should or cannot and should not be commoditized:
Michael Sandel is the political philosopher who spoke at the Oxford Union last night regarding commodities and gifts.
He is author of the book “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets” (http://www.amazon.com/What-Money-Cant-Buy-Markets/dp/0374533652/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421797748&sr=8-2&keywords=michael+sandel)
You can also find a very similar talk to the one he gave on Monday night on TED
It’s an interesting moral/philosophical approach to the questions we were talking about in class today, and has some great practical examples.
Thank you, Hannah for bringing this to my attention.
The TED talk is very relevant to the topic that we will be discussing next week which is also entitled “Money and Markets”.