Free Speech and The Requirements of Democracy
MEDIA ETHICS – UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, 24/25 AUGUST. Taking part in this workshop on Free Speech and The Requirements of Democracy[…]
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The Confucian Uses of Hierarchy
This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality. This episode looks at Confucian perspectives on the issues. Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre.
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BIG BROTHER AND LIVING BETTER – CHELTENHAM, 10 OCTOBER. Chairing two discussions at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. How Big Is Big Brother? brings together Malcolm Rifkind and Helena Kennedy. How To Live Better features Michael Puett Ritula Shah.
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THE WORLD TONIGHT – BBC RADIO FOUR. I was on Monday’s programme talking about abdication. Not my own, of course.[…]
ReadAristotle and the Palace of Westminster
Virtue is finding the balance between giving appropriate value to our inheritance and the need to move forward and change. In other words, both radicals and traditionalists see things that are of value, but go wrong when they give weight to only one of them and so end up pursuing it to excess.
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