Lex Fridman Podcast

#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil

Mar 22, 2021

01:51:23

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The Soul Is a Fun One, Right?

01:33

Jason Cochran's DNA Trials

02:55

How to Survive Without Bitterness

02:48

Introduction

2min

Is There a Difference Between Quality and Consciousness?

4min

Monk Pack - The Ultimate Low Carb Diet

50sec

I Should Work for Blinkist

2min

How Did You Decide to Represent Harvey Weinstein?

3min

Is There a Philosophy Behind You Taking on These Hard Cases?

3min

Is There Stress From All the Pressure?

2min

Harvard University - Harvey Weinstein's Representation

3min

Winthrop House Survey - I Don't Step Down

4min

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What Lessons Do You Take Away From Harvard?

4min

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Is There a Line to Be Drawn?

5min

12.

Is There a Mechanism for Humility Outside of the Space of Ideas?

4min

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Is There Such a Thing as Evil?

3min

14.

Do You Still Put a Responsibility on the Individual?

2min

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The Constellation of Bad Choices

2min

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Is There a Line to Draw for Evil?

3min

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What Is the Best Criminal Justice System in the World?

5min

18.

How to Survive Without Bitterness

3min

19.

Is It Possible to Eradicate Racism From the Judiciary?

2min

20.

Is There a Civil Rights Movement for Robots?

4min

21.

Is Consciousness the Same as Possession?

3min

22.

Is There a Difference Between Real and Artificial Intelligence?

2min

23.

The Soul Is a Fun One, Right?

2min

24.

What Do You Take Away From the George Floyd Moment?

2min

25.

Jury Selection

5min

26.

Is It Possible to Answer a Question Like That?

3min

27.

Is It Possible That Derek Schoen Is Acquitted of Second Degree Murder?

3min

28.

Is There a Tension in the Sentence?

2min

29.

Jason Cochran's DNA Trials

3min

30.

Telling a Good Story in Trial Work

4min

31.

What Was Your First Impression?

2min

32.

Is the Attorney-Client Privilege Surviving Death?

2min

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Do You Think Aaron's Struggle With Coming to Terms With the Sexuality Played a Role in His Suicide?

3min

34.

Do You Have a Favorite Book That Inspired You?

4min

35.

The Black Folk by W.B. Du Bois

3min

36.

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

3min

37.

Is There Advice for Young People?

2min

38.

Are You Afraid of Death?

2min

39.

The Purpose of an Education

4min

Ronald Sullivan is a law professor at Harvard and previously a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein and Aaron Hernandez. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Ronald’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/profronsullivan
Ronald’s Website: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10870/Sullivan
Ronald’s Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_S._Sullivan_Jr.
Ronald’s NY Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/opinion/harvard-ronald-sullivan.html

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:48) – Harvey Weinstein
(15:53) – Harvard succumbs to pressure
(27:08) – Safe spaces
(33:26) – Cancel culture
(36:23) – Evil
(40:33) – Hitler
(45:09) – Criminal justice system
(49:10) – Innocence
(51:39) – Racism in the judicial system
(1:03:41) – George Floyd
(1:06:06) – The trial of Derek Chauvin
(1:19:55) – O. J. Simpson
(1:24:29) – Aaron Hernandez
(1:36:10) – Book recommendations
(1:43:45) – Advice for young people
(1:45:53) – Death
(1:47:59) – Meaning of life