Morality and the State

The Public Philosopher by BBC

May 13, 201441:37Society & Culture

Should governments try to influence private morality? Michael Sandel, The Public Philosopher, is back with a new series. In this first programme he is at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands, one of the world's m...

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