Dr. Mary Midgley, (UK), prolific moral philosopher known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. An interviewer from the Guardian newspaper once wrote that Mary Midgley ‘may be the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool’. In […]
Mary Midgley
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Here Mary Midgley, now in her 90s, reflects on the profound implications of attempting to abolish death. The more one thinks it through, the less desirable the prospect seems. An earlier version of this article appeared in Philosophy Now, March-April 2012 Till lately, people discussing death didn’t have to consider […]
Honorary Members of the Scientific and Medical Network Capra, Fritjof, Dr. (US), physicist and systems theorist, founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, and on the faculty of Schumacher College. Dossey, Larry, MD, (US), physician and author on the healing power of prayer, spirituality, and other non-physical factors. […]