Video by Michael Saendel
1. How does Michael Sandel support the thesis that "over the past three decades we have drifted from having a market economy to becoming a market society?"
Firstly, He said that the market society is a place where almost everything is up for sale. Thus, he support his thesis with an example of Millions of babies
born drug-addicted and there is a charity you can contribute which uses a
cash in order to incentive to try to solve this problem, the charity offers any
drug-addicted woman three hundred dollars to undergo sterilization.. In other words Michael Sandel intent to say is that market give incentive in order to resolve a social problem.So, he give a evidence of education which he said that there are many school that are struggling with the challenge of improving achievement from kids who have a poor background and want to lift up their academic achievement through the use of cash incentitive pay.
2. What sorts of arguments are offered for and against the assumed proposal of paying young children two dollars for every book they read?
- it’s a wrong performance because there is a wrong incentive and the
wrong behavior. Students are going to read stupid books or things that
wouldn’t really get it what we´re trying to change.
- Passion and love for learning cannot be bought because they're
priceless so, those things are developed by good parenting and value.More of society good teachers and good principals.
- Cash is a physical prize so in their world this is currency it’s valuable. It’s a way of motivating kids.
- Some students love reading books and why not get paid for reading
something that you love.
A person whose name was Jhon. He said that he like reading . So, he want to promote his son to read. He decides to give them an incentive of twenty dollar and they read many books on vacations.
He said "the money was a jump start to get them to love learning".
3. Now, what is your standpoint about cash incentives at school or at home to encourage students to read more books?
I am not agree with cash incentives because I think that it does not encourage children to read.Obviously, they read a lot because they know that they are going to receive an incentive if they reaad but they do not read because of passion.Thus, I think that children should have passion whatever thing they do.
4. When Michael Sandel contends that "this tendency of markets and cash incentives of crowding out nonmarket goods, higher goods, can be seen in may spheres of social life, what sort of "higher goods" do you think he is refering to?
I think that Michel refers with the words "higher good" , Something that money can not buy.For instance, values, moral, integrity, manners, love, a home so on.
5. What kind of non-material goods do you think have been crowded out by market transactions in Colombia?
I think that non-material good that have been crowded out in Colombia are justice, education, unemployment and health because currently, in our country there is justice because people who committed big crimes ,they do not receive an adequate sentence but they were free and crimes are impugned. On the other hand, education is not quallity because teachers do not get good payment and students also cannot able to receive teaching.
Another thing is health because the goverment does not provide garantee that a pacient should has.
6. What should be the role of money and markets in our Colombian society?
The role of the money should be benefits to people which goverment give hem many oportunities to study and work in order that they can growth as profesional people. Besides, people can obtain a good salary with wages and bonus. Moreover, goverment should invest money to build schools, hospital, roads and tecnology in learning.Finally, goverment shoul give a free health ensurance which pacient does has to pay anythingt and they can have immediate attention