Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

Murdoch, Iris

ISBN 10: 0140172327 / ISBN 13: 9780140172324

Verlag: Penguin Books, 1994

Beschreibung

This book is a well used but readable copy. The spine of the book has some tearing.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RDV.0140172327.A

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0140172327
• ISBN-13: 9780140172324
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: acceptable

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.