Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
30 10 11: Drugs and bionics: enhancing sport?
30 10 11: Is individualism bad for society?
30 10 11: Abortion: how late is "too late"?
30 10 11: Designer people: is technology making us less human?
29 10 11: Moral panics or just panic?
29 10 11: Your mind, your high: is recreational drug use morally wrong?
29 10 11: Doing it for charity?
29 10 11: Maybe I do? Marriage in the modern era
29 10 11: Remaking citizens for the ‘Big Society’
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Wendy Kaminer, US-based writer on law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture
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