Why democracy depends on how we talk to each other (Encore November 28, 2017)




Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights) show

Summary: Does democracy have a future? It's a question is being asked in democracies everywhere. People are frustrated with politics and politicians. And politicians appear weary of democracy. Now populist uprisings to protect the status quo are threatening the foundations of democracy itself. Michael Sandel, world-renowned political philosopher at Harvard University, delivers the 2017 LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture.