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Mary Warnock

Lady Warnock is a crossbench life peer, moral philosopher and author of a number of books on philosophy

March 2018

  • scientist pipetting DNA samples

    We need to use gene editing wisely but also embrace its vast potential

    Mary Warnock
    A new survey reveals Britons are keen to understand the possibilities offered by the groundbreaking science but also concerned it is properly regulated

July 2015

  • A man's world: a marble statue of Plato at the Academy in Athens.

    The debate
    Does philosophy have a problem with women?

    Mary Warnock and Julian Baggini
    Only 25% of philosophy posts in UK universities are occupied by women. So what, if anything, should be done to redress the balance?

April 2014

  • Queen Martin McGuinness

    The Queen's dinner with Martin McGuinness was an act of trust

    Mary Warnock

    Mary Warnock: The Troubles and its horrors are impossible to forget, but in order to move on we have to put them behind us

February 2014

  • Giraffe Marius in Copenhagen Zoo

    A giraffe has been killed – why the fuss?

    Mary Warnock
    Mary Warnock: Humans do not regard all animals as equal. We want to conserve pet-like creatures such as Marius because we love them

November 2013

  • Church of England

    The panel
    Secularism: what does it mean to you?

    Will Self, AL Kennedy, Nina Power, Pragna Patel, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Jim Al-Khalili, Jenni Murray, Mary Warnock for the New Humanist, part of the Guardian Comment Network

    Will Self, AL Kennedy, Nina Power, Pragna Patel, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Jim Al-Khalili, Jenni Murray, Mary Warnock for the New Humanist: Our panel discusses whether a secular society merely separates church and state, or if secularism has a wider remit

February 2012

  • richard holloway

    Leaving Alexandria by Richard Holloway – review

    Richard Holloway, who resigned as Bishop of Edinburgh in 2000, has written a candid and deeply moving account of his growing disillusionment with religion, writes Mary Warnock

January 2012

  • old-couple-holding-hands-close-up

    Parliament's moral duty on assisted dying

    Mary Warnock

    Mary Warnock: Legislators will wield the power of life and death when they act on Lord Falconer's report

October 2010

  • Cif belief
    Morality beyond God

    Mary Warnock
    Mary Warnock: Calls for a return to faith assume God is the only moral authority, but sympathy with human need is the bedrock of good behaviour

September 2010

  • Cif belief
    We must learn morality from each other, not God

    Mary Warnock

    Mary Warnock: The latest outbreak of hostilities between atheists and believers rehearses the same old confusion about what God stands for

April 2010

  • If you're old and still in touch with your family, count your blessings

    Mary Warnock
    Mary Warnock: For many older people, being a burden on the young is their greatest fear, leading to too many fractured families

March 2010

  • School of life: ideas for modern living
    Ideas for modern living: morality

  • Once we let our emotions rather than the law rule we are lost

    Mary Warnock

February 2010

  • Cif belief
    Why we need one more word for love

    Mary Warnock

    Mary Warnock: Falling and being in love is a glorious feeling. We need a different word to describe our love for our neighbour

August 2009

  • The Observer panel
    When should you go in for the kill?

    Diane Abbott, Mary Warnock, Karol Sikora and Barbara Gunnell

    The Observer panel: Andrew Strauss, England's cricket captain, sportingly allowed Australia to substitute a player who had broken a finger

July 2009

  • Swine flu's at my gate. But I'm not afraid

    Mary Warnock

    Mary Warnock: For some of us it might be a blessing to die in the great pandemic of 2009 rather than in some more humiliating way

June 2009

  • What would your nugget of philosophy be?

    Diane Abbott, Karol Sikora, Barbara Gunnell and Mary Warnock

  • Should Nick Griffin be given police protection?

    Diane Abbott, Mary Warnock, Barbara Gunnell and Karol Sikora

May 2009

  • Ageing Britain
    Don't call me vulnerable just because I am growing older

    Mary Warnock

    It's an insult to treat everyone above a certain age as if they are the same. Have some respect for my wishes, writes Mary Warnock

April 2009

  • Is contrition necessary to be forgiven?

    Mary Warnock, Diane Abbott, Donald MacLeod and Barbara Gunnell

  • What dilemma would you give a five-year-old?

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