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Zia Haider Rahman discusses the moral questions facing us in lifting the lockdown

Zia Haider Rahman on the unpalatable trade-off between saving human lives and saving the economy.

Zia Haider Rahman describes the "profound moral questions" facing society as it starts to discuss how the COVID-19 lockdown might, eventually, be ended. 
We have to face up to the fact, he says, that our choices will have huge impacts for which we must take responsibility.  

Producer:  Adele Armstrong

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