2018/10/16

Mary Beatrice Midgley (née Scrutton; 13 September 1919 – 10 October 2018)

She wrote her first book, Beast And Man (1978), when she was in her fifties. She has since written over 15 other books, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992).