Yale官方页面链接

以下为AcademicEarth.org上的介绍：

LECTURE DESCRIPTION

Professor Kagan introduces the course and the material that will be covered during the semester. He aims to clarify what the class will focus on in particular and which subjects it will steer away from. The emphasis will be placed on philosophical questions that arise when one contemplates the nature of death. The first half of the course will address metaphysical questions while the second half will focus on value theory.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And, finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How? Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life?

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Lecture Transcript and Reading Assignment

COURSE INDEX

1. Philosophy of Death
2. The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism
3. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part I
4. Introduction to Plato’s Phaedo; Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part II
5. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part III
6. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I
7. Plato, Part II: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul
8. Plato, Part III: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
9. Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
10. Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory
11. Personal Identity, Part II: The Body Theory and the Personality Theory
12. Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory
13. Personal identity, Part IV; What matters?
14. What Matters (cont.); The Nature of Death, Part I
15. The Nature of Death (cont.); Believing You Will Die
16. Dying Alone; The Badness of Death, Part I
17. The Badness of Death, Part II: The Deprivation Account
18. The Badness of Death, Part III; Immortality, Part I
19. Immortality Part II; The Value of Life, Part I
20. The Value of Life, Part II; Other Bad Aspects of Death, Part I
21. Other Bad Aspects of Death, Part II
22. Fear of Death
23. How to Live Given the Certainty of Death
24. Suicide, Part I: The Rationality of Suicide
25. Suicide, Part II: Deciding Under Uncertainty
26. Suicide, Part III: The Morality of Suicide and Course Conclusion

另，在Youtube上也有所有视频，并配有英文字幕。

TTC上有两个关于中国历史的课程，都非常精彩：

• Fall and Rise of China (Audio) Taught by Richard Baum
• From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History (Video) Taught by Kenneth J. Hammond

Survey thousands of years of Chinese history in this exciting two-course set that recreates this important country’s epic story.

How did modern China become one of the most important global powers of the 21st century? Join China expert and Professor Richard Baum as he brings to life the human struggles, political upheavals, and spectacular speed of this nation’s rebirth in The Fall and Rise of China. Offering multilevel insights into one of the most astounding real-life dramas of modern history, his 48 lectures weave together the diverse developments and sociopolitical currents that created the China of today’s headlines.

Then, travel back even further in time to explore China’s earlier history in From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History. Professor Kenneth J. Hammond finally lifts the veil of mystery behind this land and reveals enduring truths about one of the most amazing civilizations the world has ever known. In these 36 lectures, discover the powerful dynasties that ruled China for centuries, the philosophical and religious foundations that have influenced Chinese life and thought, and the larger-than-life personalities who shaped China’s history.

这两个课程都可以在网上找到Torrent下载。

这是历史频道2006年出品的一个十集系列片，非常精彩。这十天包括（摘自Wikipedia）：

该视频的Transcript地址：http://is.gd/6SxSS

PBS还有另外一个5集的系列，The Secret Life of the Brain，也非常精彩。

以前在博客上推荐过斯坦福大学的Philip Zimbardo教授，最初知道他是因为在learner.org上看到他的“Discovering Psychology”（跟“Justice – What’s the right thing to do?”一样是WGBH出品。）

前两天在网上找某电影字幕的时候，偶然间发现这套课程被人放到了优酷上，并配备了英文字幕。有兴趣的同学不妨去看看。Discovering Psychology在优酷上的专辑页面链接是：http://is.gd/5Jep0。

可以用迅雷在learner.org上下载视频（单线程下载才最快），26集视频的链接分别是：

mms://media.scctv.net/annenberg/Discovering_Psychology_Updated_01.wmv
……
mms://media.scctv.net/annenberg/Discovering_Psychology_Updated_26.wmv

TOEFL/SAT/GRE等考试的作文题目中，偶尔会出现于艺术相关的题目。国内的考生（尤其是工科生、理科生）看到这种题目脑子直接就瘫痪了，因为这方面所受的教育根本就是空白一片。建议准备留学考试的学生抽时间看看这个5集的系列片，几个小时下来，就会明白一切其实都没那么神秘。

Verycd上有这个系列片的视频及对应中英文字幕下载。

点击这个链接参加BabelCollege.com的“大家一起读原版”的活动！

Speaker: Michael Sandel | Harvard

Original URL: http://is.gd/5hmo8

Course Description

Justice is one of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history, having taught more than 14,000 students over the course of two decades.

In this course, Sandel challenges us with difficult moral dilemmas and asks our opinion about the right thing to do. He then asks us to examine our answers in the light of new scenarios. The results are often surprising, revealing that important moral questions are never black and white.

This course also addresses the hot topics of our day—affirmative action, same-sex marriage, patriotism and rights—and Sandel shows us that we can revisit familiar controversies with a fresh perspective.

Each lecture in this course has two parts as well as related readings and discussion guides.

补充：

前些天在香港偶尔在Academicearth.org看到哈佛教授Michael Sandel的12讲视频讲座《Justice: What the right thing to do?》，大喜过望。回到北京之后，花了三天时间通过代理软件下载到本地硬盘全部看完，又忍不住重新看了一遍，后来再推荐给身边所有的人。

今天又有读者提醒，在forum-network.org无需使用代理可以直接看。马上过去看了一下，发现1)配有有英文字幕；2)可下载mp3音频。这真是太好了，这下就不用再用我自己的破带宽勉强做驴了。

既然看完，就又到Google和Wikipedia上做了点功课，竟然发现Michael Sandel教授于今年9月15号刚刚出版这本书，并由WGBH配套录制了视频讲座。互联网真好，可以让我们享受到这么新鲜的东西。而那什么真恶心，差点让我们错过这么好的东西。

这里有一个Michael Sandel教授在Carnegie Council的讲座视频（以及transcript），听众不再是学生，而是一群高级知识分子，其讨论非常精彩。

12月22日再补充：

如何下载视频？

方法一：使用Firefox浏览forum-network.org上的视频页面（需要为Firefox安装FlashGot插件），当视频开始播放的时候，浏览器底部的状态栏上会多出一个闪烁的视频图标（下图中被红圈圈出来的那个）：

鼠标左键点击那个图标就可以下载当前播放的视频文件（flv格式）。

方法二：用IE浏览器看完视频，然后打开资源管理器，在地址栏里输入：

%AppData%\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

之后回车，在该目录中找刚刚播放完的视频文件。

方法三：在下面的搜索框中依次搜索

Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01
Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 02
…
Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 12

而后点击搜索结果页面中的“Download”链接，可下载800M一集的高分辨率视频文件（MP4格式）。

有没有配套的字幕文件？

有。感谢xyran同学提供xml格式的字幕文件。我已经将其转换为srt格式的字幕文件，下载链接为：http://ifile.it/5gt8xsr