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The Reith Lectures - The Reith Lectures 2009 - 3. Genetics and Morality

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The Reith Lectures: The Reith Lectures 2009: Genetics and Morality

The Reith Lectures - The Reith Lectures 2009 - 3. Genetics and Morality

Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley.

Recorded at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, Sandel considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific knowledge. New genetic technologies hold great promise for treating and curing disease, but how far we should go in using them to manipulate muscles, moods and gender?
Broadcast on:
BBC Radio 4, 10:15pm Saturday 27th June 2009
Duration:
45 minutes
Available until:
12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099
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