Podcast

Launch of the UCL Centre for Ethics & Law - Audio

Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

We now live in a 'risk society', pre-occupied with hazards to life and heath. Risk is both negative and positive: risk is both danger and innovation. What is the appropriate balance? Under what circumstances is it acceptable for individuals to be exposed to risks to which they have not consented? How do we encourage socially beneficially risk-taking while avoiding recklessness? How do we frame regulation in order to reduce danger, …