A Question of Trust: The BBC Reith Lectures 2002
Author: Onora O’Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print Length: 110 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Essay, Philosophy
Topic: Trust, Accountability, Ethics & Morality, Governance, System, Freedom of Press, Media & Narratives, Democracy
Can trust be restored by making people and institutions more accountable? Or do complex systems of accountability and control damage trust? Onora O’Neill challenges current approaches, investigates sources of deception in our society and re-examines questions of press freedom. This year’s Reith Lectures present a philosopher’s view of trust and deception and ask whether and how trust can be restored in modern democracy.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Spreading suspicion
2. Trust and terror
3. Called to account
4. Trust and transparency
5. Licence to deceive?
Onora O’Neill is a philosopher who focuses on international justice and the roles of trust and accountability in public life. She combines writing on political philosophy and ethics with a range of public activities. She comes from Northern Ireland and has worked mainly in Britain and the US. She was Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge from 1992-2006, President of the British Academy from 2005-9, chaired the Nuffield Foundation from 1998-2010, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2000 (Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve). She has chaired the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission from 2012-16 and served on of the Medical Research Council and the Banking Standards Board until 2018. In 2017, she was awarded the Holberg Prize and the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture. She lectures and writes on justice and ethics, accountability and trust, justice and borders, as well as on the future of universities, the quality of legislation and the ethics of communication.
Source: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/onora-oneill-FBA/
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