1 Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do
Episode Tw o 第二集 PART ONE: PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian logic under the name of “cost-benefit analysis
” Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis was used to put a dollar value on human life
The cases give rise to several objections to the utilitarian logic of seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number
” Should we always give more weight to the happiness of a majority, even if the majority is cruel or ignoble
Is it possible to sum up and compare all values using a common measure like money
PART TWO: HOW TO MEASURE PLEASURE Sandel introduces J
Mill, a utilitarian philosopher who attempts to defend utilitarianism against the objections ra