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About Mary Midgley

Mary Midgley is a professional philosopher whose central interest is in the relation between humans and the rest of nature. Her best-known books are Beast and Man, The Ethical Primate, Wickedness and Science and Poetry.

Articles by Mary Midgley

Thursday 24th October

Understanding the 'war on terrorism'

If the war on terrorism is literal, it cannot be won. If it is metaphorical, it offers only a continuation of the frozen, abstract hatreds made possible by the cold war. And how do you defeat a metaphor?
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