TED 2010
Michael Sandel 2: The lost art of democratic debate (script)
Summary
According to Aristotle who is a famous philosopher in ancient Athens, justice means giving people what they deserve.
However, who are the people and how do they deserve it?
This is that you have to think what justice requires well. It's what is the essential nature of the activity in question, and what qualities, what excellences connected with that activity, are worth of honor and recognition. Additionally, it means that you have to firstly argue about the purpose of social institutions and about what qualities are worth of honor and recognition. After that, you can argue about justice. Although there are disagreement, intolerance, and coercion, you should directly engage with a moral question in politics. This is a way to begin to restore the art of democratic argument.
Words in this story
coercion / force, compulsion, pressure
restore / bring back
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