Nature and mortality. A philosopher in public life

Nature and mortality. A philosopher in public life

Sense existències ara
Rep-lo a casa en una setmana per Missatger o Eco Enviament*Sobre el libro Nature and mortality. A philosopher in public life de Mary Warnock publicado por Continuum al 2003:
Mary Warnock is by professional training a philosopher, and she has also been a prominent figure in education, first as Headmistress of Oxford High School and then as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. Her most controversial calling between 1975 and 2000 has been as chairman of important and far reaching government committees. Regarded by governments of both parties as an expert on a wide range of issues on the borderline between ethics and law, she has also guided and controlled other experts. This text is a challenging look at some of the major public issues of our time through the eyes of the liberal humanist. It is a frank account of where we stand today on such disturbing matters as human embryology, genetic engineering, euthanasia and abortion, with autobiographical anecdotes and side swipes.Contents: Oxford; embryology; the human genome - the perils of higher education; law and society; law and ethics; the disastrous consequences of Thatcher´s education policy; abortion - euthanasia - intimations of mortality.
Altres llibres de Mary Warnock
El llibre Nature and mortality. A philosopher in public life de Mary Warnock pertany a la matèria
Veure altres ressenyes de Filosofia
Ressenya
Mark Fisher
Deseo Postcapitalista
El impacto que tuvo la obra de Mark Fisher en el pensamiento contemporáneo es ya de largo recorrido. Muchos de sus lectores quedamos impresionados tras el análisis de la famosa sentencia “es más fá...

Temàtica
Creure en aquest món
Tenim necessitat de creure en el món perquè ell mateix es plega com a incessant esdevenir, i perquè com a subjectes que operem i situem la seva consciència en ell, estem cridats a respondre des de ...

Ressenya
Sara Ahmed
Manual feminista para aguafiestas
La primera vez que Sara Ahmed presentó a la feminista aguafiestas fue a raíz de un cuento de los hermanos Grimm en el que una niña testaruda, al no hacer caso a su madre, cae enferma y muere. Sin e...

Ressenya
Giorgio Agamben
Lo que he visto, oído y aprendido...
Lo que he visto, oído y aprendido… son los retazos de una existencia que, advirtiendo la proximidad del fin, se apresura a transcribir su fragmentario e imperfecto legado siendo consciente...
