Richard wrote:
>
>A couple of years ago, I had the inestimable pleasure of listening to Mary
>Warnock speaking at an ESRC funded seminar at City University.
>
>Amongst the 'progressive' thoughts of this 'giant' of philosophy was
>termination of disabled foetuses (if that is the correct plural???) and how
>d.p. should not bite the hands that fed them, because our position in
>society depended on the philanthropy of the 'normal'.
>
>I didn't hear Warnock's radio interview, but on past performance (both the
>seminar and Warnock's published work) I can't say that it has kept me awake!
>
>Was this a case of another philosopher's U-turn, like Peter Singer's
>conversion on the road to Princeton (tee hee)?
>
I also attended this seminar. It is my memory that Baroness Warnock was
'too busy' to stay and face questions from the participants on her views
about the issues Richard raises. However, I also seem to remember that all
of the papers from the seminar series were published on the City University
Rehabilitation Resource Centre's web-site. I can't re-call the URL, nor do
I know if these papers are still lodged there, but if there is someone from
City University who subscribes to this list perhaps they can point Gregor
and others in the right direction so that they can see for themselves what
Baroness Warnock had to say.
Best wishes
Mairian
Mairian Corker
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