The author introduces the subject of the relationship between morality and religion with some account of those issues concerning human life and death, which parliamentarians have discussed in recent times, issues out of which legal decisions have ensued via Acts of Parliament. These discussions have made clear in her mind, the necessity to understand that morality must be a separate area of debate, because the legal decisions which are made are made for everybody, both believer and non-believer alike. This separation is also essential if the idea of 'human rights' is to have its real meaning in the several areas in which the advance of scientific knowledge has opened up possibilities where moral decisions are needed. Baroness Mary Warnock was Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology ( reported in 1984), is a member of the House of Lords, and, as this book exemplifies, is a lady of extensive learning. She is also someone who has a deep respect for the Church, and for its influence on 'our culture and traditions'. She confesses that she has been 'much influenced' in all this by the writings of the former Bishop of Edinburgh, the Rt. Rev'd Richard Holloway, and by the Rev'd Professor, Dennis Nineham, her former tutor and friend, one of whom, I suspect, led her to the title of this book; and the other to her interesting understanding of mankind's need for a higher level of imagination.