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The Reith Lectures - The Reith Lectures - Episode 1

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A New Citizenship, with Harvard philosopher Professor Michael Sandel, who looks at the prospect for a new politics of the common good.

A New Citizenship, with Harvard philosopher Professor Michael Sandel, who looks at the prospect for a new politics of the common good.

In the first lecture, Professor 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? Should people be paid for blood donation?

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