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This summer's riots provoked much speculation about the factors which prompted so many people to break the law. But philosopher-turned-commentator Jamie Whyte is more interested in understanding why this sort of thing doesn't happen more often. Is it fear of arrest or is it morality that makes most of the people abide by the law for most of the time? In search of the causes of mass civil obedience, Jamie Whyte speaks to leading experts in the fields of philosophy, psychology and anthropology.

Contributors include:\\nRoger Scruton, philosopher and writer\\nQuentin Skinner, professor of the humanities & expert on modern political thought \\nTim Harford, the Financial Times Undercover Economist and presenter of More or Less on Radio 4\\nGeorge Klosko, political philosopher\\nAlex Bentley, anthropologist\\nCarol Hedderman, criminologist

Producer: Simon Coates.