Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Using Professor Michael Sandel’s bestselling book, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)* along with Sandel’s online classes from Harvard (justiceharvard.org), this course will explore justice, politics and morality. We will also examine how faith and religion affect our worldview. Glean new insights from Sandel, your instructor and fellow participants as we get together to talk about religion, society and politics.

1/23: Session 1:    Justice: What’s the right thing to do? Making decisions about social issues.  

1/30:  Session 2:    Market-driven morality. In a just society, are there some things that money                    should not be able to buy?

2/6:  Session 3:    What do Scripture and Church teaching have to say about justice, politics and society?

*Purchase of the book is recommended but not necessary.