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1. The Myths We Live By

   By Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self...

   Published April 3rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Owl of Minerva

   A Memoir

   By Mary Midgley

   One of the UK’s foremost living moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching. In spite of her many books and public profile, little is known about...

   Published July 2nd 2007 by Routledge
3. Science and Poetry

   By Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   Science, according to the received wisdom of the day, can answer any question we choose to put to it – even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour and our cultures. But for Mary Midgley it can never be the whole story, as it cannot truly explain what it means to be human. In this...

   Published January 31st 2006 by Routledge
4. The Myths We Live By

   By Mary Midgley

   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....

   Published June 9th 2004 by Routledge
5. Heart and Mind

   The Varieties of Moral Experience, 3rd Edition

   By Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   With a new introduction by the author. It is a book of superb spirit and style, more entertaining than a work of philosophy has any right to be.’ – Times Literary Supplement. Throughout our lives we are making moral choices. Some decisions simply direct our everyday comings and goings; others...

   Published February 5th 2003 by Routledge
6. Beast and Man

   The Roots of Human Nature

   By Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans...

   Published July 10th 2002 by Routledge
7. Evolution as a Religion

   Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, 2nd Edition

   By Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   Published February 20th 2002 by Routledge
8. Evolution as a Religion

   Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears

   By Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   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...

   Published February 20th 2002 by Routledge
9. Wickedness

   2nd Edition

   By Dr Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley

   Series: Routledge Classics

   To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. In Wickedness she sets out to delineate not so much the nature of wickedness as its actual sources. Midgley's analysis proves that the capacity for real...

   Published May 17th 2001 by Routledge
10. Wickedness

    2nd Edition

    By Dr Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley

    Series: Routledge Classics

    To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley's analysis proves that the capacity for real wickedness is an inevitable part of human nature. This is not however a blanket acceptance of evil. Out of...

    Published May 17th 2001 by Routledge