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The Forum: Unintended Consequences

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Collage photo: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Xhosa Woman, Nelson Mandela (credit for all: Getty Images)

06/12/2014 GMT

Unintended Consequences

BBC World Service - The Forum, Unintended Consequences

How seemingly insignificant decisions can lead to dramatic outcomes

Why was a poem accused of causing a war? Can we really control the consequences of our actions? Poet Peter Anderson, novelist James Friel and philosopher Lisa Bortolotti discuss.

What role does our imagination play in taking us down paths we do not expect? And how far does an artist relinquish control with a work of art? Bridget Kendall asks the poet Peter Anderson, the novelist James Friel and the philosopher Lisa Bortolotti to pool thoughts about unintended consequences.

(Photo: From left to right, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a Xhosa warrior, Nelson Mandela. Credit: Getty Images)

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