@judiththermidor5506
Great talk! I enjoyed it. Thanks again for sharing it on this channel. Very nutritional content.
@thescandinavian8339
The notion that the average garage worker or asphalt layer is providing as much benefit to society as any professor is something academics find hard to wrap their head around.
@DoFliesCallUsWalks
Prof.Sandel is pure legend.
@CZ-PC
Forgot to mention that politicians self select for university degrees by simply having vastly more income than the average person.
@robdavies4294
Educated these days means educated in a narrow technical domain. You can easily come out a technical adult but a philosophical and moral infant. In the past being educated meant educated in a more classical way, including the liberal arts, that included moral and political philosophy. One comes out with programming skills and strong convictions around their first thoughts, the other comes out knowing how to think, what they think, why they think it, and the pros and cons of many alternatives. Unlike Mill's era, education no longer correlates with being a well rounded, rational, morally sophisticated person capable of critical thought to make better decisions than average.
@anaajibicho
It’s just as much about feeling like you have a word in the system.
@chickenfishhybrid44
I love it when people do things like that. In a time when there was little to no Democracy in the world of any kind, have to make sure and point out that not every single person would have been able to vote.
@JimNaser
Well, the question of democracy isn’t actually about making the correct decision obviously it will never be , it’s rather about making a decision with more people involved, regardless their education level , they just need to be living in a certain place
@CZ-PC
Such a good talk.
@NikolaosEnmetanoia
The audience just could not accept the fact that they were actually (in reality) supporting what John S. Mill suggested, because they want to appear politically correct. But, let's face it, educated people are better at analysing problems and strategising solutions. So, it is inevitable having more of them in governments and parliaments. And, we all would agree (I suppose), it is for the better of our societies.
@morganmayfair4755
Bearded lawmakers make bearded laws. What if all the choices you are given are authoritarian? What if all, or the majority of your representatives have fallen under the threat of blackmail? What we should try is a direct democracy ❤️
@waquerhossain1207
On John Stewart Mill’s proposition: I thought that was my idea ! Nevertheless the fundamental problem with the weighted voting will be reflected on the dispensation of law which shall also become skewed which would constitute as human rights violation, ergo undemocratic
@isatousarr7044
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@franciscogalan8017
Audience is terrible. They can't straight-forwardly answer Prof. Sandel's questions. Some others are just starring at their phones.
@crypticfortune
Telling a bunch of elite Googlers that their disrespect of the people they proudly exclude from power (hiring only the "best and brightest" and "rewarding high-performers") led directly to the election of Donald Trump is is not going to get him invited back for another talk ;)
@FilipeBrasAlmeida
Welfare-to-work and other assorted requirements and conditionalities on receiving social assistance and public services, are all different ways of saying: "you are less worthy of support and less of a citizen than others".
@lilianteo3229
There was a lawyer whose voice was above the law. Many respected him for some good reasons & his son, not a lawyer, inherited his infamous characteristics that led Perils to Democracy for 20 decades. I disagree that the well-educated/professionals make better decisions.
@dabrack9350
It is insulting to assume work that pays less is less necessary or respectable. However, it is inescapable that the pay is determined by supply and demand. When more is needed or less is available, the pay increases unless arbitrary restraints such as government mandates or prohibitions exist.
@harriemeeuwis978
So the guy from Egypt was right, it was a trick question from the prof. He wanted the answer the second guy from Uganda gave so he could throw in Stuart Mills answer. Very week performance for a Google meet.
@TheKonecny