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The Reith Lectures

The Reith Lectures

Episode 1

Duration: 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Online

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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.

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? Show less

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