What is Justice? (with Michael Sandel)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On the 100th episode of Stay Tuned, "What is Justice?," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill’s decision to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his involvement in the 2014 death of Eric Garner -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s ability to block popular legislation, like universal background checks for gun buyers -- “Blinded by the Light,” the new movie about a young Pakistani boy’s love of Bruce Springsteen -- Advice for new law students, plus an anecdote from Preet about his time in Law School To commemorate the milestone, this episode is all about justice and what it means. It is fitting that Michael Sandel is the guest. A world-renowned political philosopher, author, and professor at Harvard University, Sandel spent his career thinking, writing, and speaking about justice. And we resurface voices from the Stay Tuned archive for a look at the way past guests think about justice. Bonus clips from the interview are available for members of the CAFE Insider community Sign up to receive free references and supplemental materials for Stay Tuned episodes, a weekly newsletter, and updates from Preet. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 699-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.9	From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:58.9	I'm Pete Barara. I think this is a mistake. I think by trying to avoid engaging with our deepest
1:09.2	disagreements about justice and ethics and morality in the common good, we impoverish public life.
1:16.9	We drive ourselves further apart because we don't cultivate the art of listening. Even where we
1:24.5	disagree, the art of listening is an important civic art and we're not very good at it these days.
1:32.5	That's Harvard professor Michael Sandel, a man who thinks, writes and talks all about justice.
1:39.5	He lives and breathes it and he helped me formulate my ideas about justice when I was just a teenager.
1:45.5	So far, Professor Sandel has taught some 15,000 students and I was one of them.
1:51.5	Sandel's writings on age-old moral and civic issues have been translated into 27 languages.
1:57.5	He was even dubbed the most influential foreign figure of 2011 by China's Newsweek.
2:03.5	Today, Professor Sandel joins me to discuss his life's work, which happens to center on the themes that drive this show.
2:09.5	Justice, ethics and democracy.
2:12.5	I'll tell you why I wanted Professor Sandel to join me specifically for this episode in just a moment.
2:18.5	That's coming up. Stay tuned.
2:23.5	This fall, stay tuned is going back on the road and we're headed to three new cities, Denver, Atlanta and Detroit.
2:30.5	I'm lucky to have some wonderful guests joining me for the fall 2019 stay tuned tour.
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