Money, Markets, and Morals

Harvard Extension School

GOVT E-1035

Section 1

CRN 25941

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What should be the role of money and markets in our society? Are there some things that money should not be able to buy? Should people be permitted to buy sex, votes, babies, citizenship, or college admission? What about buying and selling the right to pollute, procreate, immigrate, discriminate, or to hunt endangered species? Should we use markets to govern health care, education, privacy, or criminal law? The course considers what moral limits, if any, the law should impose on market exchanges. Drawing upon classical philosophical works and contemporary moral and political controversies, we attempt to determine what goods and social practices should not be up for sale.

Registration Closes: January 23, 2025
Credits: 4

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Term

Spring Term 2025

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Online

Credit Status

Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Michael J Sandel, DPhil

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University


Meeting Info

1/27 to 5/17

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: January 23, 2025

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Notes

The recorded lectures are from the video series for the Institute of New Economic Thinking.

Syllabus

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CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
25941 1 Online Asynchronous Michael Sandel Open Jan 27 to May 17

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