The Reith Lectures - Michael Sandel: A New Citizenship: 2009 - 1. Markets and Morals
- Favourite Add as
-
Link to this
Copy the URL and paste into your emails or Tweets, or post on your favourite sites.
Prof Michael Sandel considers the expansion of markets and how we determine moral limits. He calls for a more robust debate about such questions, as part of a 'new citizenship'.
Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley.
Sandel considers the expansion of markets and how we determine their moral limits. Should immigrants, for example, pay for citizenship? Should we pay schoolchildren for good test results, or even to read a book? He calls for a more robust public debate about such questions, as part of a 'new citizenship'.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10:15PM Sat, 13 Jun 2009
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9:00AM Tue, 9 Jun 2009
- Categories
- Duration 45 minutes
