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What's the Big Idea?: 5: Can ethics catch up with the Brave New World?

on BBC Radio 3

Conversations with Bryan Magee about ideas that have come to prominence or grief this century.
In the overlit realm of our technological age, American Resident Ethicists decide who gets to live today, while companies make only 'good' bribes. Professors Bernard Williams, Ian Kennedy and Sir Peter Thompson discuss new ethical dilemmas in medicine and business.

Contributors

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Bryan Magee
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Bernard Williams
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Ian Kennedy
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Sir Peter Thompson
Producer:
Matt Thompson

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