Abstract

This volume celebrates the moral and ethical thought one of the most prolific philosophers in the history of twentieth-century philosophy, Mary Midgley (1919-2018). Midgley’s vision of philosophy is expansive and resists simple characterisation (a feature Midgley would welcome given her avid resistance to oversimplification and reduction). Perhaps the best characterisation is that offered by Midgley herself: ‘[philosophy] is itself the art of connecting things’ (Midgley, 2016, 227).