# What's the right thing to do?

- Institution: TED
- Department: Justice with Michael Sandel
- Speaker: Michael Sandel
- Year: 2005
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Law, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_what_s_the_right_thing_to_do)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is torture ever justified? Would you steal a drug that your child needs to survive? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? How much is one human life worth? In the "Justice" program that bears his name, Harvard professor Michael Sandel probes these questions -- and asks what you think, and why.

## Lectures

1. [What's the right thing to do?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_sandel_what_s_the_right_thing_to_do/caa38c5407b9), 55 min (TED's player)