Overview
Watch a thought-provoking lecture from the Hayek Lecture Series at Duke University, where Professor Jason Brennan of Georgetown University challenges common anti-commodification arguments. Explore the controversial topic of market limits, focusing on symbolic objections to certain exchanges like organ trading. Examine Brennan's critique of philosophers like Michael Sandel and Elizabeth Anderson, and his argument that the meaning of exchanges is socially constructed. Delve into the case study of kidney donations to understand Brennan's perspective on changing societal norms for net benefits. Gain insights into topics such as market criticisms, symbolic objections, socially constructed meanings, and the ethics of organ trading in this 37-minute presentation that encourages critical thinking about the boundaries of market exchange.
Syllabus
Introduction
Opera singers
Wedding speech
Buying and selling organs
Limits of markets
The kidney market
Objections to markets
Semiotic symbolic objections
Independence
Elizabeth Anderson
King Darius
Funeral pyre
Respect at a funeral
Would you ever consider burning your dads
Morality is arbitrary
Stick up your middle finger
Go to hell
Cannibalism
Examples
Imaginary Examples
In Our World
Youre Wrong
Marga Jane Raiden
Elisabeth Anderson
Control over body
The bottom line
Taught by
Duke University Department of Political Science