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Mary Warnock on the Right to Have a Baby

Does anyone have a right to have a baby? What are acceptable criteria for determining who should have access to in vitro fertilization? Mary Warnock, a philosopher and member of the House of Lords, discusses these topics with Nigel Warburton. This episode was produced in association with The Open University as part of the Ethics Bites series. A transcript of the programme is available from www.open2.net/ethicsbites.

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Mary Warnock on the Right to Have Babies on Ethics Bites

Does anyone have a right to have a baby? What are acceptable criteria for determining who should have access to in vitro fertilization? Mary Warnock, a philosopher and member of the House of Lords, discusses these topics in the second episode of Ethics Bites. Ethics Bites is sponsored by the Open University and available from www.open2.net. It is now also available from the 'Philosophy' section of  iTunes which is a subsection of 'Society and Culture' in 'Podcasts'.

Listen to Mary Warnock on The Right to Have Babies

Listen to Mary Warnock on Philosophy and Public Life (a previous episode of Philosophy Bites)

Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism

What is existentialism? Are we free to choose what we become or are we bound by human nature, by our history, by conventions? Nigel Warburton interviews Mary Warnock on the topic of Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism in this latest episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Mary Warnock on Philosophy and Public Life

What can philosophers contribute to public life? Mary Warnock who sits in the House of Lords and has chaired two important commissions - special education needs and on human fertilisation and embryology - discusses how her training in philosophy prepared her for these roles.

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