Description
| Product ID: | 9780099433552 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals |
| Authors: | Author: Iris Murdoch |
| Page Count: | 544 |
| Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians - from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida - to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions. The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any ''moral values'' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians - from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida - to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-04-03 |
