Metaphysics as a guide to morals / Iris Murdoch.
By: Murdoch, Iris.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1993Description: 520 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140172327.Subject(s): Philosophy
| Ethics | ReligionDDC classification: 110
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 110 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00073126 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 novelist's insight into art, literature and abnormal 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.
"This book is based on the 1982 Gifford lectures given at the University of Edinburgh"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
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Publishers Weekly Review
British novelist-philosopher Murdoch's treatise on contemporary morality spans such topics as Shakespearean tragedy, Martin Buber's philosophy and the nature of the imagination. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reservedAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Iris Murdoch was one of the twentieth century's most prominent novelists, winner of the Booker Prize for The Sea. She died in 1999.(Publisher Provided)