An Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics (Intelligent Person's Guide Series) - Softcover

Warnock, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071563089X ISBN 13: 9780715630891

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

In this guide to ethics, controversial even before its publication, Mary Warnock debates issues such as abortion, euthanasia, Down's Syndrome, education and genetic engineering, aiming to explain how to distinguish right from wrong. Drawing on examples from her personal and political life, she illustrates difficult cases to make her point and clarify where she stands in a thought-provoking way.

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Review

"'Warnock's new book admirably fulfils the brief of its title...This book will serve as an excellent introduction to ethical study, and is also an impassioned and moving summary of Warnock's own lifelong dedication to ethical thinking' - Alain de Botton, The Guardian; 'This admirable book fully lives up to its title...This is a wise, earnest, moving book, rather Victorian in its way, which shows that goodness is not just for prigs. No wonder the blurb calls it 'controversial'. It must certainly raise eyebrows among the enlightened' - Robert Grant, The Times"

About the Author

Baroness Warnock is an eminent philosopher and author with a distinguished career. She has been fellow and tutor in philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford; headmistress of Oxford High School; and mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. She has a high public profile, appearing frequently on television and radio.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071563089X
• ISBN 13: 9780715630891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144