Iris Murdoch has philosophically pondered the role of sexuality and sex .
For some time , Murdoch 's influence and achievements as a philosopher were eclipsed by her success as a novelist , but recent appraisals have increasingly accorded her a substantial role in postwar Anglo-American philosophy , particularly for her unfashionably prescient work in moral philosophy and her reinterpretation of Aristotle and Plato .
Iris Murdoch