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Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

by Iris Murdoch

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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 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.

Synopsis:

The acclaimed author of The Good Apprentice draws on the entire history of philosophy--and particularly on Plato and Kant--to formulate her own model of morality and demonstrate how thoroughly it is bound up with our daily lives. "An utterly absorbing book".--The Wall Street Journal.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-514) and index.

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Table of Contents

Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals 1. Conceptions of Unity. Art

2. Fact and Value

3. Schopenhauer

4. Art and Religion

5. Comic and Tragic

6. Consciousness and Thought - I

7. Derrida and Structuralism

8. Consciousness and Thought - II

9. Wittgenstein and the Inner Life

10. Notes on Will and Duty

11. Imagination

12. Morals and Politics

13. The Ontological Proof

14. Descartes and Kant

15. Martin Buber and God

16. Morality and Religion

17. Axioms, Duties, Eros

18. Void

19. Metaphysics: A Summary

Acknowledgments

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780140172324

Other:

Murdoch, Iris

Publisher:

Penguin Books

Author:

Murdoch, Iris

Location:

London ;

Subject:

Philosophy

Subject:

Religion

Subject:

Psychology

Subject:

Ethics

Subject:

History, Criticism, Surveys

Subject:

Metaphysics

Subject:

Occult sciences and parapsychology

Subject:

Ethics in literature

Subject:

History & Surveys - General

Subject:

Philosophy-Surveys

Copyright:

1994

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Series:

Penguin philosophy

Series Volume:

137

Publication Date:

19940331

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

528

Dimensions:

7.88x5.04x1.23 in. .92 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18

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Product details 528 pages Penguin Books - 2009-09-08 English 9780140172324 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, The acclaimed author of The Good Apprentice draws on the entire history of philosophy--and particularly on Plato and Kant--to formulate her own model of morality and demonstrate how thoroughly it is bound up with our daily lives. "An utterly absorbing book".--The Wall Street Journal.