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Mary Warnock was a 20th century English philosopher of ethics. She critiqued Logical Positivists like Ayer and Carnap for making ethics a topic that philosophers no longer wanted to contribute to, because ethical questions may not be empirically decidable. This was especially true as positivism became popular in England for her generation of philosophers. She thought a philosopher's role must not only be to clarify moral questions, but ideally in the public sphere in a way that has a real effect. She chaired numerous government committees on ethics, most notably on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.

In contrast Carnap was a huge nerd.

Mary Warnock was a 20th century English philosopher of ethics. She critiqued Logical Positivists like Ayer and Carnap for making ethics a topic that philosophers no longer wanted to contribute to, because ethical questions may not be empirically decidable. This was especially true as positivism became popular in England for her generation of philosophers. She thought a philosopher's role must not only be to clarify moral questions, but ideally in the public sphere in a way that has a real effect. She chaired numerous government committees on ethics, most notably on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.

In contrast Carnap was a huge nerd.