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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks explores what morality means in the 21st century.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks explores what morality means in the 21st century with some of the world's leading thinkers, together with voices from the next generation: groups of British 6th form students

Morality in the 21st Century: Is Society a Myth?

Is Society a Myth?

05/09/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Morality in the 21st Century, Is Society a Myth?

Has our sense of collective belonging been lost?

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores whether our sense of collective belonging has been lost with leading global thinkers and British sixth form students.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to some of the world's leading thinkers about morality, together with voices from the next generation: groups of British 6th form students.

For most of history, societies have been held together by a shared moral code. But half a century ago, the West embarked on a great experiment: a move from "We" to "I," from "We're all in this together" to "I'm free to be myself." Recently, there's been a reaction against individualism in favour of the group. But what's returned isn't a sense of society as a whole, but rather, subgroups, defined by faith, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. What's lost, Rabbi Sacks argues, is our sense of collective belonging and the common good.

Contributors:
Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University;
Robert Putnam, Political scientist and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University;
Students from Loreto College in Manchester. 

Producer: Dan Tierney
Series Editor: Christine Morgan.

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