Congratulations to Emmy and Dave H, who were the winners of the previous quiz, and a commendation to danfilson for getting in first with the answer to the first question. The answers showed the range of choice for identifying peers who have led trades unions and who are ministers of religion. This week the focus is on peers who are in a position to contribute authoritatively to debates on medical ethics. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. Name at least three current members of the House of Lords who are senior members of the medical profession.
2. Name at least three peers who are philosophers, having held (or holding) teaching positions in philosophy or political philosophy.
The first bit is the easy bit!
1) Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Lord Patel, Lord Darzi
2) Lord Plant of Highfield, Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve
Len: Congratulations. You are the first with a set of correct answers.
Senior members of the medical profession, there are so many:
Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn commonly known as Anthony Hamilton-Smith CBE – dentist
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston, FMedSci, FRSA, FRCP, FRCOG – doctor
Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, CBE – surgeon
Jean Kennedy McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, FRCN, MCSP – nurse and midwife
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox FRCN – nurse
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, AM FRSA – dentist
John Nicholas Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant- doctor
Philosophers, having held (or holding) teaching positions in philosophy or political philosophy, now this is trickier:
Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, DBE, FBA – was my sister’s philosophy tutor
Robert Jacob Alexander, Baron Skidelsky FBA – has been a professor of history, philosophy and European studies in his time, and a member of most political parties in British politics
Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth – anyone who is described as “the United Kingdom’s greatest living expert on Parliament” and “a world authority on constitutional issues” and holds a teaching position in the same, is – to my book – holding a teaching position in political philosophy
I’m not sure you should include as a lecturer in political philosophy Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue – once a senior lecturer, at the London School of Economics (LSE) but I cannot resist the joke he made in one lecture where he noted that the Conservative Central Office had once employed ‘a Mr J. Christ’, adding : ‘We all know that God is on the side of the Conservatives but it comes as a surprise that his son also worked for the party
danfilson: You create an interesting dilemma. You answer very fully the first question. However, to credit you with a full answer to the second question requires me to accept that I can be classed as a philosopher or rather someone who has taught philosophy. Two of my degrees are in Political Theory and Institutions, and I have taught in a Department of Political Theory and Institutions, so I suppose, at a stretch, I qualify.
Lord Darzi of Denham
Lord Walton of Detchant
Lord Winston
Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve
Lord Parekh
Lord Plant of Highfield
Baroness Emerton (was a fine nurse)
Lord Rae
Lord Owen
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Lord Glasman
Lord Plant of Highfield
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
Quite a high number of philosophers really – I doubt many legislatures have such a high proportion in their second chamber.