BBC - Radio 4 - Reith Lectures 2002



	The subect of this year's lecture series is A Question of Trust We say we no longer trust our public services, institutions or the people who run them. Politicians, accountants, doctors, scientists, businessmen, auditors and many others are treated with suspicion. Their word is doubted, their motives are questioned.

		Onora O'Neill challenges current approaches to accountability, investigates sources of deception in our society and re-examines questions of press freedom. Find out about the lectures

		How have philosophers though the ages dealt with trust? Find out how Onora O'Neill came to grapple with trust.

		How trustworthy are you? Will you be silent and save the day, or will you stitch up your fellow prisoner? Play the Prisoner's Dilemma.

		The Reith Lectures 2002 are being published in book form by the Cambridge University Press.



	Lecture 1: Spreading Suspicion Lecture 2: Trust and Terror Lecture 3: Called to Account Lecture 4: Trust and Transparency Lecture 5: Licence to Deceive

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