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[Lecture Hall] Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel’s speech at the University of w88: What money can’t buy

Published: December 15, 2012 Edit:

w88 casino News Network (Reporter Zhao Zhiyi, Photography Zhuang Yan)Nowadays, money seems to be able to buy everything. What would the world look like if everything was measured by money?12month1419:00, the world-famous Harvard professor Michael Sandel (Michael Sandel) appeared in the lecture hall of the w88 casino Library and presented the theme " to the students of the w88 casinoWhat Money can’t buy”’s lecture

Michael Sandel, American philosopher and famous political scientist,One of Harvard University’s “Most Popular Course Chair Professors”. A consistent feature of his lectures is to bring students into specific dilemmas through stories, constantly raising pointed questions, inspiring thinking and debate, and never having a standard answer

At the beginning of the lecture, Michael Sandel put forward his point of view to the point”Can money buy anythingIt shouldn'tt."From the perspective of students, he listed a series of students' life consumption objects. "'Money is anything.’The sentence is more and more popular."Today, the market and the interpersonal relationships in the market are becoming more and more complex. Inadvertently, we ourselves and even society are affected, and money also needs to be redefined. When the market crowds out morality and money invades thinking, is there a moral forbidden zone in money transactions? Here are two views, which are his new book "What Money can’t buy》The problem to be explained.

Michael Sandel Style

If the sale of human organs is legalized and organs from poor people are continuously implanted into the bodies of rich people, is this phenomenon morally acceptable? Sandel hypothesized a situation: a poor man sold one kidney to support his eldest son in w88 casino, and his younger son has reached w88 casino age. Can he only sell a second kidney? An audience member from the w88 casino of Foreign Languages stood up and objected, "If a poor one needs a kidneywhat should he do? "She believed that all this reflected an unfairness. Another audience member from the Financial Institute believed that if someone is willing to donate a kidney or form a transparent market through laws to avoid black market manipulation, these are acceptable. When Sandel asked what should be done for poor people who cannot afford a kidney, he believed that fairness could be achieved by regulating the purchase price of different people, and the two sides entered into a heated debate.

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Changing the topic, Sandel discussed the issue of "scalpers". Rich people spend money to hire others to queue up to buyiphone, train tickets, and then sell them at a high price. Is this behavior morally acceptable? Most viewers object to this. One audience member replied: "The rich are actually buying chances and energy from the poor.”Another viewer stood up and objectediphone’s w88 speaks to the contrary”Its reasonable and its just a business way.”But he thinks that reselling train tickets is unacceptable because it is a necessity for returning home. The whole audience suddenly fell into a heated discussion. Sandel believed that if the demand for these two items was equal, there would be no difference between the two aspects of the problem. He expressed that he understood the Chinese people's family concept very well.

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At the end of the lecture, Professor Sandel raised a sharp question related to the University of International w88: Can it be opened10%’s college entrance examination admission quotas are traded to fund w88 casino construction? The opposition believes that this is unfair to poor students, while the affirmative believes that we should focus on the purpose of running schools. Looking at the overall situation, if the hardware conditions are improved, the effects of running schools will also improve.

In summarizing the lecture, Michael Sandel believed that the market in some areas is not suitable for intervention, and the purchase and sale of emotions and education will squeeze out the non-market value of these things. "A market economy is not the same as a market society. When should the market come into play? This is not only a question of the economy itself, but also a question of social ethics and morality, which requires public discussion. The question of how we position the market is actually a question of how to coexist with others. Do we agree that everything can be purchased? Or are there some things that are supreme and cannot be tarnished? These are slowly being answered."

Debate session

Subsequently, Sandel met with You under the auspices of CCTV host Xu YiyiLuo Shifan, Chairman of the International Economic Ethics Association, Professor of the w88 casino of International Economics and w88 of w88 casinoLiu BaochengHold a debate together. Liu Baocheng believes that official derivation will guide people to make money choices. He cited the situation that many college students in our country hope to join civil servants; while Luo Shifan believes that this also has the influence of faith and culture. Liu Baocheng is well versed in the accumulation of traditional Chinese culture. “Sometimes, value is created by family affection. "When asked about the things that money can't buy, Sandel listed: love, family, friendship, and even life. Just like someone sells a hug to earniphoneSimilarly, money can only buy goods, but it cannot buy love or real value.

After the event, when a reporter asked Sandel why the topic of his lecture changed from "justice" to "money" and what college students should do, he said that the problem of money ethics has become more and more serious in recent years, and this is a good topic. He hopes that college students will extensively explore various professional contents, and the most important thing is to find their own interests among the complicated coursework.

Yang Fenghua andMichael Sandel Discussion

This event is hosted by the Communist Youth League w88 casino Committee and hosted by the w88 casino Student Union.Before the special session, Yang Fenghua, deputy secretary of the w88 casino party committee, represented the w88 casino and spoke withMichael Sandel talks.

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