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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: Moral Heroes

07/09/2018

Moral Heroes

BBC Radio 4 - Morality in the 21st Century, Moral Heroes

Reasons why there is hope for a better, more ethical and responsible world.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores why there is hope for a better, more ethical and responsible world 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.

Rabbi Sacks explores who young people see as their moral role models in the 21st Century and explores powerful reasons for hope for a better, more ethical and more responsible world.

Contributors:
Steven Pinker, Harvard cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author;
Melinda Gates, Philanthropist and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
Heather Templeton-Dill, President of the John Templeton Foundation;
David Brooks, political and social commentator and author;
Jordan Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto; 
Michael Sandel, political philosopher and professor at Harvard University; 
Students from The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester High School for Girls, Loreto College in Manchester, Graveney School in London and Queens' School in Hertfordshire. 

Producer: Dan Tierney
Series Editor: Christine Morgan.

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