Free Thinking at the Hay Festival: Responsibility

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May 29, 202656:33Arts

Freedom is one of the leading values of our society. But with freedom comes responsibility, which is a much more contested principle. Deciding where responsibility lies, and what it means to take it, is the job of the co...

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