Publisher's Synopsis
Volume 3 gives a fascinating portrait of Barbara Wootton's beliefs and hopes, discussion ranging over the creation of the universe, personal immortality, the existence of a god, foundations of morality, the taking of life, and social, racial and sexual equality. She discourses on obligations between citizen and state, war and her wartime views on possible European federation, science and democracy, divorce and marriage laws, particular inequalities faced by women, reform of the House of Lords, the future of the social sciences, and euthanasia.
