Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

Nora Hämäläinen (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3030189694 / ISBN 13: 9783030189693

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

About this Item

Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals | Nora Hämäläinen (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xv | Englisch | 2020 | Palgrave Macmillan | EAN 9783030189693 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Seller Inventory # 118834184

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030189694
• ISBN 13: 9783030189693
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 17D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 391 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

About this title

Synopsis

Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals was Iris Murdoch’s major philosophical testament and a highly original and ambitious attempt to talk about our time. Yet in the scholarship on her philosophical work thus far it has often been left in the shade of her earlier work. This volume brings together 16 scholars who offer accessible readings of chapters and themes in the book, connecting them to Murdoch’s larger oeuvre, as well as to central themes in 20^th century and contemporary thought. The essays bring forth the strength, originality, and continuing relevance of Murdoch’s late thought, addressing, among other matters, her thinking about the Good, the role and nature of metaphysics in the contemporary world, the roles of art in human understanding, questions of unity and plurality in thinking, the possibilities of spiritual life without God, and questions of style and sensibility in intellectual work. 

About the Author

Nora Hämäläinen is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

Gillian Dooley is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University in South Australia.