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Reith Lectures 2009: Genetics and Morality

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Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good.

Recorded at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, in his third lecture Professor Sandel considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific knowledge.

New genetic technologies hold great promise for treating and curing disease, but how far we should go in using them to manipulate muscles, moods and gender?

The series is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley


This programme was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on June 23, 2009. Find out more about the Reith Lectures by visiting the programme website.

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