Nature and Mortality Recollections of a Philosopher in Public Life

by Warnock, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780826473233
• ISBN10: 0826473237
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Mary Warnock, a professional philosophers, gives a frank account of where we stand today on such disturbing matters as hum embryology, genetic engineering, euthanasia and abortion. Governments of both parties have long regarded Warnock as an expert on a wide range of issues on the border between ethics and law and she is considered an ideal person to guide and assist experts. Although Warnock's views may be shocking to some, her contribution to the debate is always stimulating. Here, her views on weighty ethical issues are set in the context of her own experience of writing reports on them. The framework of her book is autobiograhical and therefore highly personal. Nature and Morality is Warnock at her most perceptive, wise and entertaining.

Author Biography

Mary Warnock is a philosopher. She has also been a prominent figure in education, first as Headmistress of Oxford High School and then as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. She was philosophy tutor at St Hugh's College, Oxford for many years and was created a life peer by Mrs Thatcher

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(28)
The Education of Handicapped Children and Young People	29	(40)
Human Fertilization and Embryology	69	(42)
Genetics	111	(38)
Man and Other Animals	149	(29)
Administration of the Arts	178	(45)
Index	223