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Unequal World

Two professors from fields of International Development and Practical Ethics look at inequality: the effects on children growing up in poverty and how we should think about equality in ethics. 

This is one of a series of themed discussions with Oxford academics from different disciplines. See the complete collection here. 
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Professor Jo Boyden

Professor Boyden heads up a 17-year long study following 12,000 children growing up in poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, in order to inform policy on worldwide child poverty. 

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Professor Roger Crisp

How should we think about equality in ethics? Why do some people find it easier to give than others? Discussing how we should think about inequality with Roger Crisp, Professor of Moral Philosophy.