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What can political philosophy tell us about how to rebuild society after the pandemic?

The pandemic has changed so many lives, both temporarily and permanently. The David Hume Institute is joined in conversation with Dr Aveek Bhattacharya Chief Economist with the Social Market Foundation, Professor Rowan Crufts from University of Stirling and Dr Diana Popescu from University of Edinburgh, who have been considering what are the ethics of our response to a significantly changed and increasingly unequal society?

What is the relationship between crisis and opportunity? And, how do we seize the moment in order for good to come from all the heartache?  Put simply, where do we go from here?