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Politics Unpacked

The Only Way Is Ethics

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Matt Chorley tackles the philosophical questions behind pub passports and longer lockdowns, with AC Grayling, Baroness Deech and Alberto Giubilini.


PLUS: India Knight and James Marriott on editing friends out and the curse of London.



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0:00.0

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1:08.8

Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Chewley bringing you the best of my times for

1:12.2

the show when Thursday 10 to 1. Coming up on today's episode, Politics has got big,

1:18.8

lots of big philosophical debates. What are the ethics of needing a piece of paper to go to the

1:23.8

pub? We ask some philosophers, including AC Grayling or should we be thinking about all of this

1:29.8

big stuff? But first we kick off with our columnist panel. A brand new columnist panel for Thursdays

1:34.0

we're calling it Night at the Marriots, I think, is India Night and James Marriots.

1:47.4

So we're talking, well, when we were talking, sort of long email channel about what to

1:52.7

discuss today, both of you sort of light it on. I don't know what it is. It's sort of, well,

1:59.3

there's a story around about a warning that calling a colleague immature is not an insult because

2:04.4

older workers can behave in a childish manner too. But also the different ways, different age groups

2:10.1

have coped with the last few months and how we're getting on with our friends and that sort of thing.

2:15.6

India, do you want to kick us off on this? Where do you think we are in the battle of the ages?

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