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Wickedness
Wickedness
A Philosophical Essay »
 
 
 
 
 

Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
In this text, Mary Midgley looks at the chronic difficulties of thinking straight about large-scale problems. Philosophy, she argues, offers a way to solve s... »
 
 
 
 
 

The Ethical Primate
The Ethical Primate
Humans, Freedom and Morality »
 
 
 
 
 

Science as Salvation
Science as Salvation
A Modern Myth And Its Meaning »
 
 
 
 
 

Beast And Man
Beast And Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley stresses con... »
 
 
 
 
 

Animals And Why They Matter
Animals And Why They Matter
Animals and Why They Matter »
 
 
 
 
 

The Myths We Live by
The Myths We Live by
Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the oppositeof science myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose she claims thatmyths... »
 
 
 
 
 

Earthy Realism
Earthy Realism
The Meaning of Gaia »
 
 
 
 
 

The Myths We Live By
The Myths We Live By
We are encouraged to think that the language of science opposes myth, but does it? Mary Midgley argues in her new book that far from being the opposite of sc... »
 
 
 
 
 

Heart And Mind
Heart And Mind
The Varieties Of Moral Experience »