Part of the new Routledge Classics series
We have sold over 30,000 copies of Mary's books to date
Mary Midgley's lucid volume is a classic critique of a much-neglected philosophical problem. Includes a new preface written especially for this edition
She is one of the best known philosophers in the UK and writes regularly for newspapers and radio. She was recently the feature of a double-page spread in The Guardian and in 2001 has already been interviewed on Radio 4's The Moral Maze and the BBC World Service
Her most recent book, Science and Poetry (Routledge, December 2000) has been widely and positively reviewed