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The bell iris murdoch analysis6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The difficulty is whether a determination can be made as to her argument for the role of language and moral perception congenial to a Christian ethics of character. Maria Antonaccio has argued that Murdoch revitalized “moral theory by appealing to the imaginative possibilities implicit in metaphysical theorizing.” She adds that Murdoch was an “unapologetically Platonic and metaphysical thinker… testifies to the fecundity of thought.” ![]() Murdoch’s moral thought is a repudiation and should resonate discussions on the imagination in moral thinking. The consequence rejects the thesis that philosophy affords knowledge of transcendent reality. I’m paraphrasing Dame Iris Murdoch’s Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals where she suggests that philosophy from Descartes to Derrida has become “sinister” and “frivolous.” Linguistic utterances apart from the propositions of natural science are nonsense and should be consigned to silence. ![]() “Sartre fears, not loves, this notion of a volcanic otherness within the personality.” -Iris Murdoch, “Sartre Romantic Rationalist” Repudiating The French Flu: Existentialism And “Theory” “Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues.” -Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat To read her is to follow a process by which she emerged with international stature. Best known as a novelist and least known as a philosopher, Iris Murdoch was a contributor to the literature and the philosophical thought of the past century. ![]()
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