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Author Antonaccio, Maria

Title Picturing the human : the moral thought of Iris Murdoch / Maria Antonaccio
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages)
Summary Annotation Iris Murdoch has long been known as one of the most deeply insightful and morally passionate novelists of our time. This attention has often eclipsed Murdoch's sophisticated and influential work as a philosopher, which has had a wide-ranging impact on thinkers in moral philosophy as well asreligious ethics and political theory. Yet it has never been the subject of a book-length study in its own right. Picturing the Human seeks to fill this gap. In this groundbreaking book, author Maria Antonaccio presents the first systematic and comprehensive treatment of Murdoch's moral philosophy. Unlike literary critical studies of her novels, it offers a general philosophical framework for assessingMurdoch's thought as a whole. Antonaccio also suggests a new interpretive method for reading Murdoch's philosophy and outlines the significance of her thought in the context of current debates in ethics. This vital study will appeal to those interested in moral philosophy, religious ethics, andliterary criticism, and grants those who have long loved Murdoch's novels a closer look at her remarkable philosophy
Notes Originally published: 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index
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Subject Murdoch, Iris -- Ethics
SUBJECT Murdoch, Iris fast
Subject PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423756754
9781423756750