Iris Murdoch's ethics : a consideration of her romantic vision / Megan Laverty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laverty, Megan.

Series:

Continuum studies in British philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murdoch, Iris.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xii, 134 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

This book offers a new and accessible interpretation of Iris Murdoch's ethics as a distinctive position within moral philosophy. Tracing her philosophical influencesLaverty identifies Romanticism as the underlying structure of Murdoch's thought, arguing that Murdoch, in rejecting the possibility of a philosophically defensible argument for the reality of good and evil, confines human beings to their own subjectivity.

Contents:

A philosophy of the 'third way'

Reading Murdoch : literary form and philosophical precedents

Romanticism reconsidered

Resistance and reconciliation

Murdoch's romantic vision.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-130) and index.

ISBN:

9780826485359

0826485359

OCLC:

85691029