' We need authority precisely so that we can challenge it ... '
' A ruleless society is a contradiction in terms ...' ' It's a myth that there used to be a golden age of authority ...'
Many people nowadays complain about the lack of respect for, or acceptance of, authority. If it is true that authority has retreated from modern life, does it matter? Is there a fundamental need for some form of authority in human development?
A discussion between Patricia Hewitt , General Secretary, National Council for Civil Liberties Patricia Morgan, author of Delinquent Fantasies, Child Care, Sense and Fable
Dr Gordon Stewart Prince. consultant psychiatrist, Adolescent Unit, King's College Hospital. London Professor Terence Morris , sociologist and criminologist, London School of Economics
Chairman Leslie Smith
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER