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    Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not do this, then who will do this? I'd like to feel that I'd done something to lessen that suffering.

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    Justice Series: What's the Right thing to do?

    This is about 11 hours of Harvard lectures concerning ethics. Each episode is about 55 minutes and has two lectures. You should watch them in order.  Here is the Harvard site for the course.

    01 The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism
    02 Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure
    03 Free to Choose / Who Owns Me?
    04 This Land is my Land / Consenting Adults
    05 Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood
    06 Mind Your Motive / The Supreme Principle of Morality
    07 A Lesson in Lying / A Deal is a Deal
    08 What’s a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
    09 Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
    10 The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit
    11 The Claims of Community / Where Our Loyalty Lies”
    12 Debating Same-sex Marriage / The Good Life

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