Sandel on the Telos

Michael Sandel, in his iTunes U course on Justice, lesson 9, mentions the problem of Aristotle’s acceptance of slavery in Nichomachean Ethics but also give a brilliant lecture of the use of teleological reasoning in defense of affirmative action in college admissions.  What is a college for?  He goes on the quote Winnie the Pooh! Winnie hears a buzzing noise in a tree, what is it for?  It means a bee, and what is a bee for? To make honey.  And what is honey for? For me to eat!

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