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Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most relevant and wide-ranging moral philosophers of the last century. For over 40 years, she drew attention to the necessity of philosophy in everyday life while making significant contributions on such topics as human nature, ethics, animals and the environment, science, religion, and other real-world issues. Midgley's remarkable career saw the publication of over 250 books, journal articles, pamphlets...

Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most relevant and wide-ranging moral philosophers of the last century. For over 40 years, she drew attention to the necessity of philosophy in everyday life while making significant contributions on such topics as human nature, ethics, animals and the environment, science, religion, and other real-world issues. Midgley's remarkable career saw the publication of over 250 books, journal articles, pamphlets...

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A salutary analysis of science?s claim to have done away with the self and a characteristic injection of common sense from one of our most respected philosophers into a debate increasingly in need of it. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Stephen Cave.

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Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives? "Engaging and accessible, this vigorous swansong exemplifies many of Midgley's virtues, and revisits many of her favourite themes." - The Tablet In her last published work, Mary Midgley addresses provocative questions, ...

The enduringly popular voice in moral philosophy considers the value of the whole enterprise in relation to current anxieties and confusions in intellectual life. Midgley provides a robust defense of philosophy and philosophises authoritatively on animals, the environment, the place of women in philosophy and more.

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According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country, someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark'. Considered one of Britain's finest philosophers, Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins,...

In this book one of Britain's leading popular philosophers tackles a question that is at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for?

In this major work, Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals tells us that humans are rather more like animals than we have previously allowed ourselves to believe.

Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.