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Global ethic vs. national interest

Gordon Brown · TED

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About

Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity's greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really give people in other countries equal consideration? Following his TEDTalk calling for a global ethic, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown fields questions from TED Curator Chris Anderson.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2009
Speaker
Gordon Brown
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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