27/08/2011 GMT
Rights: Should you bribe someone to get your tax rebate? Can the free market really ensure rights for all? Is it right to use an embryo for life-saving research?
Rights: Is it right to use an embryo for life-saving research? Can the free market really ensure rights for all? If you need to, should you bribe someone to get your driver鈥檚 licence?
We feel entitled to many rights, and exercise them daily, but what cornerstone are they built on? As people in the Arab world fight for their rights, we debate on what grounds we are owed anything by anyone.
This week鈥檚 Forum guests are India鈥檚 chief economic advisor, Kaushik Basu; British philosopher Mary Warnock; and cutting-edge stem cell biologist Tilo Kunath.
Illustration by Charlotte Kingston: the world puzzles over which rights to write.
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Chapters
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Part 1
Mary Warnock: on having rights
Duration: 10:22
Tilo Kunath
Tilo Kunath: ethical considerations of stem cell research
Duration: 12:38
Part 2: 60 Second idea
Mary Warnock: all packaging should be banned
Duration: 04:21
Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu: "the invisible hand of the market"
Duration: 12:48
Broadcasts
- Sat 27 Aug 2011 08:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sat 27 Aug 2011 21:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 28 Aug 2011 01:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 28 Aug 2011 14:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
Do you think political or business leaders need to be charismatic? Or do you prefer highly competent but somewhat stern people?
We鈥檇 love to hear your views on charm and charisma for a future Forum.
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