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Is the Law keeping up with our changing world?

A panel of researchers share insights into the law and warfare, gender and AI, plus Anne McElvoy talks to David Brooks and Hilary Cottam about compassion and creating communities.

A panel of researchers share insights into the law and warfare, gender and AI, plus Anne McElvoy talks to David Brooks and Hilary Cottam about compassion and creating communities.

Part of a week-long focus Free Thinking the Future. You can find more interviews and discussions to download and catch up with on the playlist on our website
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Bestselling US author and columnist David Brooks has just published The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. You can hear him talking to Rana Mitter about his book The Road to Character /programmes/b05w8131
Hilary Cottam is Visiting Professor at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and the author of Radical Help.

Ryan Abbott is Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Surrey.
Peter Dunne is a lecturer at the University of Bristol Law School
Craig Jones is a lecturer in political geography at the University of Newcastle.

A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ideas playlist of films Are You Robot Ready is here https://www.bbc.com/ideas/playlists/are-you-robot-ready

Producer: Chris Wilson

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 22:00

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