The Simpsons is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening, the longest-running prime-time animated series in television history.
A Simpsons clip is shown in Sandel's lecture alongside a Shakespeare passage to empirically test Mill's claim about higher pleasures — the class vote for The Simpsons becomes evidence that competent judges (Harvard students) do not necessarily prefer Shakespeare, challenging Mill's qualitative distinction.
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