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By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

15 July 2010

From technology to politics, and much in between, explore all our Reith Lectures.  Read more : Reith Lectures menu

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2010: Scientific HorizonsThinkstock

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

26 May 2010

Professor Martin Rees, cosmologist and astrophysicist, presents this year's Reith Lectures, which explore the limits and role of science as a common culture.   Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2010: Scientific Horizons

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By Deborah Brunton (The Open University)

26 May 2010

Senior lecturer Deborah Brunton turns back the clock and reveals the scientific advances 100 years ago that have helped shape the way we fight disease...  Read more : Bodies of knowledge

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Gazing into the future Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image By garryknight via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)

26 May 2010

Professor of Ecology, Jonathan Silvertown, discusses science in an uncertain world, and the difficulties of predicting the future when life is so complicated.  Read more : Gazing into the future

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New CitizenshipJupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 October 2009

Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers this year's Reith Lectures, taking as his subject the prospects of a new politics of the common good.   Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship

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Point for debate - Lecture 2AxelBoldt via Wikimedia

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

24 September 2009

An anonymous guest joined in the community and expressed disappointment at the approach of Jonathan Spence to delivering the second of the 2008 Reith Lectures.  Read more : Point for debate - Lecture 2

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Morality in politics Jupiter Images

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

08 June 2009

In the second of the 2009 Reith Lectures, Michael Sandel considers whether there is a role for moral argument in politics and maintains that it...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Morality in politics

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - New politics of the common goodJupiter Images

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

08 June 2009

In the fourth and final 2009 Reith lecture, Michael Sandel asks, “What would a moral and civic renewal of contemporary democratic politics look like?” He...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - New politics of the common good

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Markets and morals Jupiter Images

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

08 June 2009

In the first of the 2009 Reith lectures, Michael Sandel asks, “What are the moral limits of markets?” and considers whether there are some things...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Markets and morals

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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Genetics and moralsJupiter Images

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

08 June 2009

The third of the 2009 Reith Lectures tackles the debate over genetic engineering which, says Michael Sandel, requires us to rethink the proper stance of...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Genetics and morals

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