Mary Midgley Quote

The issue is not between bad guys who use and "adversary" approach and good guys who are scientific and impartial... Everybody, including himself is partial in the sense of starting somewhere, of selecting something for emphasis. The fatal thing is not this. It is being confused about ones reasons for doing so. Particular insights and principles of inquiry must be set in the context of other possible alternatives.


Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature (1979). 165.


The issue is not between bad guys who use and adversary approach and good guys who are scientific and impartial... Everybody, including himself is...

The issue is not between bad guys who use and adversary approach and good guys who are scientific and impartial... Everybody, including himself is...

The issue is not between bad guys who use and adversary approach and good guys who are scientific and impartial... Everybody, including himself is...

The issue is not between bad guys who use and adversary approach and good guys who are scientific and impartial... Everybody, including himself is...