... a graceful, refreshing and enlightening book, applied philosophy that is relevant, timely and metaphysical in the best sense. The New York Times Book Review John Banville Midgley is one of the most acute and penetrating voices in current moral philosophy. Her great gift is clarity, both of thought and, especially, of expression. . To follow her reasoning . is like watching a ballet dancer walking in the street: there is a litheness, a gracefulness, an ease of articulation, which attests to years of learning lightly worn.