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Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
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The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any ‘moral values’ against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians – from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida – to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions.
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| Weight | 0.38 kg |
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| Dimensions | 3.2 × 13 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 544 |
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| Year Published | 2003-4-3 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099433559 |
| About The Author | Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature. |
This is philosophy dragged from the cloister, dusted down and made freshly relevant |
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| Other text | Gripping…it enchants with a clause that sets you day-dreaming, captivates with a stream of thought, empowers with reminiscences |
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