Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. This volume presents essays by critics and admirers of her work, together with a long Introduction on her career, reception, and achievement, an unpublished piece by Murdoch herself, and a memoir by her husband John Bayley.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- Heidegger: Sein und Zeit
- Iris on Safari
- 1: Peter Conradi: Holy Fool and Magus
- 2: Martha Nussbaum: 'Faint with secret knowledge'
- 3: Maria Antonaccio: The Virtues of Metaphysics
- 4: Richard Moran: Iris Murdoch and Existentialism
- 5: Carla Bagnoli: The Exploration of Moral Life
- 6: Bridget Clarke: Iris Murdoch and the Prospects for Critical Moral Perception
- 7: Margaret Holland: Social Convention and Neurosis as Obstacles to Moral Freedom
- 8: Roger Crisp: Iris Murdoch on Nobility and Moral Value
- 9: Julia Driver: For every Foot its own Shoe
- 10: Lawrence Blum: Visual Metaphors in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy
- 11: Alison Denham: Psychopathy, Empathy, and Moral Motivation
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
