Justice: What’s the right thing to do?

13th Oct 2009; 18:00

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Harvard Professor of Government and 2009 Reith Lecturer, Michael Sandel considers the role of justice in our society and our lives, revealing how an understanding of philosophy can help to make sense of politics, religion, morality - and our own convictions.


Showing how the biggest questions in our civic life can be broken down and illuminated through reasoned debate, Professor Sandel argues for a new commitment to citizenship and the common good.

Speaker: Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory, Harvard University

Chair: Matthew Taylor, RSA Chief Executive

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