A philosophy to live by
Subtitle: engaging Iris Murdoch
By: Maria Antonaccio
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780199855575
Subjects: Ethics; Philosophy in literature
Description: This title highlights Murdoch's distinctive conception of philosophy as a spiritual or existential practice and enlists the resources of her thought to explore a wide range of thinkers and debates at the intersections of moral philosophy, religion art, and politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The virtues of metaphysics; title: Form and contingency; title: The consolations of literature; title: Imagining the good without God; title: The return of spiritual exercises; title: The ascetic impulse; title: Religion and the ubiquity of value; title: The liberal imagination; title: The lives of Iris Murdoch: an apologia.