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The Reith Lectures Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual Episodes

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  1. Individual and Social Ethics

    6/6 Bertrand Russell argues for personal morality over tribal customs to guide conduct.

  2. Control and Initiative: Their Respective Spheres

    5/6 Bertrand Russell considers the roles of state control in a progressive society.

  3. The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature

    4/6 Bertrand Russell considers the role of human nature in the development of society.

  4. The Role of Individuality

    3/6 Bertrand Russell argues for the importance of individual initiative in a community.

  5. Social Cohesion and Government

    2/6 Bertrand Russell examines the effects of increasing state control.

  6. Social Cohesion and Human Nature

    1/6 In the inaugural Reith lecture, Bertrand Russell examines the impulses in human nature.