To set the scene, we host a debate about some of issues Sandel will be discussing.
Reith Lectures 2009: Citizenship today
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OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Markets and morals
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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
OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Morality in politics
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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
OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - Genetics and morals
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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
OU on the BBC: Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship - New politics of the common good
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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
The limits of liberalism
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First broadcast: Tuesday 23 Jun 2009 on BBC Radio 4
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Bankers' Pay
I really like Michael Sandell's programmes, but for the first time, when he was dealing with bankers' and nurses' pay, i thought he dropped a stitch. The market issue needs to include any skewing of the market which is not about consumer choices. There is a kind of corruption built on the back of the market that allows a club of people to set their own rules about e.g. remuneration. The market alone would never allow the divergence between ordinary wealth and the current situation. Things like this - bankers' pay (when they have actually failed consumers), regimes like that of Mubarak and others - are not the result of a free market, but a distortion brought about by the fact that winning power in the market eventually enables you to largely ignore it.