Justice, Episode 5

2 Responses to Justice, Episode 5

1. jaehwan says:

   November 6, 2009 at 1:42 pm

   This was great. That sperm bank comment around 43 minutes made me laugh.

   So there are two issues here that I thought were interesting.

   1. I enjoyed the talk about buying one’s way out of military duty. It’s less relevant today since we have an all volunteer army (although some creeps like Ehren Watada still find ways to collect and renege), but it really does bring to the forefront ideas about what can be purchased.

   One thing they didn’t mention is the vote, for example. You can’t pay a single penny to someone for voting for you or anyone else. To do so is illegal. You also can’t bribe a jury member or politician.

   So I think there are many cases in which you can’t pay for play. The draft, if we had one, should be democratic and free from any kind of money exchanges. It should be a responsibility that people can’t buy their way out of.

   2. The idea of adoption came to the forefront in the Anna Mae He case for Asian Americans. I liked the idea that Andrew brought up about not being allowed to sell your kid.

   Not everyone can have kids though, so I think it’s only right to allow people who want kids to “buy” from people who can have them. Kids can change one’s life for the better, and all suitable parents should have the right to experience raising children. In the first part of the episode, some guy named Gokal (I think it was) talked about there being a difference between payments from the gov’t and payments from private parties. Although this is different since there aren’t any payments, per se, I think adoption is something that needs heavy monitoring from the government just to enforce the notion that such “sales” are final.
2. anna123 says:

   November 8, 2009 at 11:37 pm

   interesting lecture…