{"product_id":"mary-warnock-philip-graham-9781800643383","title":"Mary Warnock: Ethics, Education and Public Policy in Post-War Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis biography illuminates the life and thought of Baroness Mary Warnock, whose active years spanned the second half of the twentieth century, a period during which opportunities for middle-class women rapidly and vastly improved. \u003cbr\u003eWarnock was described as 'probably the most celebrated philosopher in Britain.' She began her career as an Oxford University philosophy don and went on to become headmistress of an independent girls' school. Warnock subsequently chaired two select committees which produced reports of lasting significance, first to children with special needs, and second to childless couples. She then became Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, and an active member of the House of Lords. Alongside these positions, Warnock wrote twenty books, ranging from the fields of philosophy to education and medical ethics. Her ideas were largely in tune with contemporary progressive thinking but late in life Warnock's extreme championing of assisted dying for older people won her enemies even among progressives. \u003cbr\u003eThis authorised biography, written by a friend of the subject, will be of great value to the general reader with an interest in philosophy, ethics, twentieth-century cultural history, and the changing role of women from the 1950s onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800643381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800643383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.99d","brand":"Philip Graham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990745743615,"sku":"9781800643383","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b4b1e94-3864-4b73-8e2a-5dc71a54f2ae.jpg?v=1683306434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mary-warnock-philip-graham-9781800643383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}