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This is the first volume to publish on Mary Midgley's moral philosophy and meta-philosophy. The volume will aid researchers and educators by connecting Midgley's moral thought, which has been intellectually isolated, to various philosophical traditions (e.g., animal ethics and twentieth century naturalism) and historical interlocutors (like the Wartime Quartet, Peter Singer and Cora Diamond).
The volume brings together newly commissioned essay's on Midgley's meta-philosophy, moral philosophy, and ethics - interconnected areas in Midgley's philosophy that are under-represented in scholarship to date. Each chapter is written by emerging and prominent scholars of Midgley. Organised thematically the first four essays consider Midgley's writing on moral philosophy and meta-ethics. The following four essays concern topics in Midgley's applied ethics: animal and environmental ethics, genome editing, bioethics, and the Gaia hypothesis, respectively. Finally, the volume concludes with three essays on Midgley's meta-philosophy (which is linked to her moral philosophy), with a variety of discussions about Midgley conception of what both philosophy and the philosopher are, and how philosophy relates to other disciplines.
This book is essential reading for scholars of ethics and moral philosophy and of twentieth century British philosophy. It will also be of interest to researchers of philosophical methods and the philosophy of science.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Mary Midgley, Moral Philosopher. Ellie Robson.- 2. The Neutrality of the Moral Philosopher. Mary Midgley.- Part I. Midgley on Moral Philosophy and Meta-ethics.- 3. Midgley on Wickedness. Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb.- 4. Midgley as Critic of Neo-Aristotelian Ethical Naturalism. Tom Whyman.- 5. Midgley, Human Nature, and Meta-ethics. Ana Barandalla.- 6. Natural Morality, Evolution, and The Good. Stephen R. L Clark.- Part II. Midgley on Animals and Environments.- 7. Midgley s Animal and Environmental Ethics: Context and Relevance. Gregory S. McElwain.- 8. Midgley s Gaia. Amber Donovan.- 9. Beasts, Brutes, and New Monsters: Mary Midgley and The Ethics of Genome Editing Animals. Hannah Winther.- Part III. Midgley on Philosophy and Philosophers.- 10. Midgley s Legacy: Rerouting and Remapping the Landscape of Bioethics. Elizabeth Mackintosh.- 11. Broadening our View of Beasts: Mary Midgley on Myopia, Myths, and Why Animals Matter. Ian James Kidd.- 12. Thinking as Whole People: Midgley s Conception of the Moral Philosopher. Peter West.
About the author
Ellie Robson is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick.
Summary
This is the first volume to publish on Mary Midgley’s moral philosophy and meta-philosophy. The volume will aid researchers and educators by connecting Midgley’s moral thought, which has been intellectually isolated, to various philosophical traditions (e.g., animal ethics and twentieth century naturalism) and historical interlocutors (like the Wartime Quartet, Peter Singer and Cora Diamond).
The volume brings together newly commissioned essay’s on Midgley’s meta-philosophy, moral philosophy, and ethics – interconnected areas in Midgley’s philosophy that are under-represented in scholarship to date. Each chapter is written by emerging and prominent scholars of Midgley. Organised thematically the first four essays consider Midgley’s writing on moral philosophy and meta-ethics. The following four essays concern topics in Midgley’s applied ethics: animal and environmental ethics, genome editing, bioethics, and the Gaia hypothesis, respectively. Finally, the volume concludes with three essays on Midgley’s meta-philosophy (which is linked to her moral philosophy), with a variety of discussions about Midgley conception of what both philosophy and the philosopher are, and how philosophy relates to other disciplines.
This book is essential reading for scholars of ethics and moral philosophy and of twentieth century British philosophy. It will also be of interest to researchers of philosophical methods and the philosophy of science.
