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Reading Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals: An Introduction
Authors: Hämäläinen Nora Fiona Karolina
Year: 2019
Type of publication: kapitola v odborné knize
Name of source: Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
Publisher name: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Cham
Page from-to: 1-16
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cze Reading Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals: An Introduction Iris Murdoch’s late major work Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals is rich in unusual philosophical insight, but frequently found difficult, not least because its form and perspectives defy the expectations of her readers. In this introduction we review some central aspects of the book: the nature of Murdoch’s philosophical ambitions, her attempts at rethinking faith and spirituality in a secular world, her work on the metaphysical underpinnings of our thinking, the roles of art in all of this, and her historical sensibility, which up to recently has largely been overlooked by commentators. We also look at the textual features of the book which make it particularly challenging but also gratifying for the reader who has discovered its distinctive charms.
eng Reading Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals: An Introduction Iris Murdoch’s late major work Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals is rich in unusual philosophical insight, but frequently found difficult, not least because its form and perspectives defy the expectations of her readers. In this introduction we review some central aspects of the book: the nature of Murdoch’s philosophical ambitions, her attempts at rethinking faith and spirituality in a secular world, her work on the metaphysical underpinnings of our thinking, the roles of art in all of this, and her historical sensibility, which up to recently has largely been overlooked by commentators. We also look at the textual features of the book which make it particularly challenging but also gratifying for the reader who has discovered its distinctive charms. Iris Murdoch; Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals; metaphysics; ethics; religion

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