What can philosophers contribute to public life? Mary Warnock who was a member of the House of Lords chaired two important commissions - special education needs and on human fertilisation and embryology - discussed how her training in philosophy prepared her for these roles.
Listen to Mary Warnock on Philosophy and Public Life
This episode was first released in 2007. It was our second Philosophy Bites episode.
Mary Warnock died in 2019. There is an obituary here.
We recorded two further Philosophy Bites interviews with Mary Warnock (in 2007 and 2008):
Listen to Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism
Listen to Mary Warnock on the Right to Have a Baby
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