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Moral Maze
BBC Radio 4
Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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67%Are networks the glue of society or the architecture of privilege?
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79%Are America's founding ideals a reality or a myth?
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80%Do we care more about the place where we live than about the nation we live in?
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65%What Makes Us Human?
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76%Is the World Cup morally compromised?
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61%Who is morally responsible for Britain's political short-termism?
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64%What is education for?
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67%Artemis 2 and the ethics of human space flight
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78%Is an Established Church Morally Defensible?
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73%Economic shocks: is there a duty to accept sacrifice?
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77%Pragmatism and Principle: what is the role of morality in foreign policy?
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72%Is it moral to attack Iran?
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78%What Is Truth?
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64%What's the bigger threat to Europe: "cultural erasure", or far-right populism?
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69%Should children be banned from social media?
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68%The Jury: Moral Innovation or Historic Relic?
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81%Politics: Whose Morality Is It Anyway?
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71%How much should we consider the role of moral luck?
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75%What should we expect from a father?
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79%Is democracy a failed experiment?
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78%Is recognising the state of Palestine a moral duty?
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80%To know or not to know?
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65%Is ‘net zero’ a moral pursuit?
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63%Does the media reflect or exacerbate public disquiet?
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70%What is the moral value of disgust?
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62%Is it time to ditch historical figures as heroes?
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65%Is social cohesion a moral good? And can governments influence it?
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71%Is Privacy an outdated concept or a moral right?
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63%What is the ethical purpose of the NHS?
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65%Was Israel right to launch strikes on Iran?
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69%Is having children a moral duty?
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71%AI: Promise or Peril ? Recorded at the Hay Festival
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72%Is free trade a moral good?
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68%Does elitism damage or protect art?
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78%What's wrong with men?
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81%How just is our justice system?
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82%Is there a moral case for cutting welfare?
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71%When should we be grateful?
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68%How should Britain deal with Donald Trump?
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70%What should we do about inherited inequality?
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71%Should morality be enforced?
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77%Is democracy still the 'least worst' form of government?
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63%Who and what is 'toxic'?
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72%What is a healthy attitude to death?
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64%Is loyalty a virtue or a vice?
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72%Does intent matter?
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73%VAT on private school fees: justice or spite?
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67%The morality of sending offenders to prison.
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72%How should we help the global poor?
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66%Should Foreign Tourism Be Discouraged?
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66%What do the riots say about Britain?
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78%Is anything sacred?
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65%24/07/2024
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73%How can we reduce the temperature of politics?
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77%The Morality of Stepping Down
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68%What is history for?
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67%Price vs Value of Arts and Culture
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72%Do we need a final farewell?
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72%Democracy - is our system morally superior?
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70%The morality of forgiveness
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75%The morality of work
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73%The morality of immigration
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75%The morality of marriage
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76%The moral case for veganism
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76%The Purpose of Punishment
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66%Ukraine - the moral case for ceding land for peace
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70%Is it time to allow assisted dying?
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66%Identity Labels
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64%Should politics be guided by public opinion?
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62%How should we remember the dead and the living?
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69%Are prisons doing more harm than good?
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69%How should we think about our enemies?
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68%Is impartiality a myth?
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62%The Language of Freedom
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61%Adults, Children and Power
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64%Is idleness good for us?
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80%The Morality of Climate Activism
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68%Cluster bombs and the ethics of warfare
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70%The Morality of Privatisation
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74%The morality of news coverage
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72%Should science ever be stopped?
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70%The Morality of Borders
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64%Football: a moral force for good?
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74%How should we understand ‘cancel culture’?
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76%How should we talk about suicide?
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62%AI - the end of humanity or the next evolutionary step?
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79%Is Growth a False God?
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75%Is pacifism admirable, immoral, or just impractical?
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67%Breach of Trust
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71%Leaders with faith
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66%How should Britain make amends for its colonial past?
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70%Why does God allow natural disasters to happen?
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76%Morality and Money
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70%What is Evil?
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68%Human Maturity
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75%Personal Debt
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78%The Ethics of the Family
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73%Kindness
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71%What do we work for?
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75%Can ethics survive the death of religion?
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63%Human Rights
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61%The Morality of Snobbery
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76%The Future of the NHS
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75%The Right to Abortion
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72%'Unacceptable' Opinions
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70%Ukraine - what should western countries do next?
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79%The morality of striking
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66%Inequality: Is the gap between rich and poor in the UK fair?
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75%What is the future of the monarchy?
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79%What's the point of university?
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68%The Priorities of the Police
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61%Cleaning the Internet
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73%Refugees and borders
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63%Sanctions, enablers and collective punishment
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69%Putin - did we help create a war criminal?
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71%What is the countryside for?
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68%How do we make a longer life a moral one?
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70%What's our moral responsibility to the future?
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79%How Free Should Speech Be?
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72%Ukraine - to intervene or not to intervene.
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75%The Rules - Expectations and Apologies
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71%Direct Action
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69%Meaning
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75%Peace and Goodwill
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76%Do we get the politicians we deserve?
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66%60 Years of the Contraceptive Pill
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69%The Morality of Partying
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70%Animal Sentience
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83%The Future of Work
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68%Justice and Peace
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66%Patriot Games
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69%Rights and Rules
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68%The Morality of Swearing
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74%The Morality of Taxation
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67%Happiness
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74%Is it immoral to refuse the vaccine?
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75%The Meaning of Easter
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64%Moral certainty in a pandemic
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67%The Morality of Masculinity
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75%Conditions on living in a post-vaccine world
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74%Free Speech at Universities
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75%Personal Responsibility
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77%The ‘Age of Impunity’
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69%Christmas 2020
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70%The Morality of Vaccination
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68%Defence versus Foreign Aid
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68%Democratic Legitimacy
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71%The Morality of Mortality
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66%Celebrity Power
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67%Global Capitalism and the ‘Lost Generation’
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74%The Moral Authority of Organised Religion
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67%Lived Experience
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71%Moral Lessons for a Post-Covid World
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68%The Death of the City?
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76%The Morality of the British Empire
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78%How and why we educate
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69%Gambling
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65%‘Groupthink’
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73%China
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63%Racial Justice
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78%Isolation
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68%Danger and Opportunity?
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67%Islamophobia
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76%Coronavirus
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71%Profiling, Safety and Trust
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71%Transgender Rights
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72%The Moral Purpose of the BBC
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76%Healing the Nation
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70%Radicalisation and De-radicalisation
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68%The Morality of Genetics
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74%The Morality of Voting
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68%The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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68%The Morality of Risk
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78%The ‘Tolerance of Intolerance’
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73%Punishment and Justice
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73%Academic Freedom
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64%The Morality of Anger
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72%Love and Relationships
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67%Anti-Semitism
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73%Surveillance and Human Freedom
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63%The Morality of Fashion
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64%Moral Character
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72%The Policing of Humour
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72%The Morality of Hypocrisy
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73%D-Day 75th Anniversary
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71%Moral Purity
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73%The Morality of Leadership
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67%Moral Panics
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65%The Morality of the Artist and the Art
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69%The Morality of Disobedience
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63%The Collapse of the Caliphate
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70%‘Decolonising’ the Curriculum
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78%The mental health of young people
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69%The Moral Duty of MPs
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76%The Morality of Friendship
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72%The United Nations
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68%The Morality of Compromise
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74%Lest We Forget: the Morality of Remembrance
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76%Words as Weapons
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63%The Morality of Ends and Means
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76%Guilt and Innocence
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63%Climate Change
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72%The NHS at 70
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72%The Morality of International Diplomacy
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74%The Morality of Suspicion
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76%Irish Abortion Referendum
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72%The Morality of Big Data
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67%Cold War 2.0?
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71%The Morality of Comedy
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63%The Morality of Competition
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76%The Morality of International Aid
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70%Religious orthodoxy versus liberal values
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82%Romantic Love
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77%The Objectification of Women
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69%The Morality of 2017
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80%The Institution of Marriage
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70%The Morality of Artificial Intelligence
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70%Defining Gender
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72%Moral Progress
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68%The Morality of Self-Determination
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73%Elite Universities
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81%Moral Complicity
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61%50 Years of the Abortion Act
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67%The Morality of Holidays
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65%Veganism and Animal Rights
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69%Morality and Gender Equality
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68%The Morality of Faith Schools
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70%The morality of parental rights
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72%The Morality of the Public Sector
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72%Moral Philosophy for the Internet
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68%Grenfell Tower Fire
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75%The morality of generational voting
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69%Morality of the Green Belt
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75%Nationalism
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68%Meritocracy Of Grammar Schools
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73%Virtue Signalling
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69%Morality of Loyalty
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76%The Morality of Fake News
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66%The Morality of Empathy
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76%Peace, Justice and Morality
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75%Morality of international trade
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83%The Psychology of Morality
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80%Social Integration
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72%Political Discourse
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63%US Presidential Election
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67%Moral imagination and migration
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78%Authors of Our Own Misfortune?
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70%Privacy
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71%A world without Down's syndrome?
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79%Policing Offence
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73%The Summer of 2016
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69%Legalising Drugs
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81%Nuclear Weapons
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76%The Chilcot Inquiry
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81%Morality of Victors and Vanquished
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63%The EU Referendum
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72%Assisted Dying
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76%The Morality of Business
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71%Social Convention
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67%Brussels Bombing
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74%Morality and the EU Referendum
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81%Is Science Morally Neutral?
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76%Historical Sex Abuse
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71%Who Owns Culture?
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73%Banning Boycotts
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62%Charities
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77%Selfie Culture
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69%Moral Certainty
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69%Just War and Syria
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80%Drugs in Sport and Human Enhancement
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64%Population Control
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80%Public Opinion
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76%Turning a Blind Eye and the Law
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76%The Work Ethic
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63%666 Evil
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68%The BBC
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