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Perfection and Fiction : A study in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy

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Summary, in English

This thesis comprises a study of the ethical thought of Iris Murdoch with special emphasis, as evidenced by the title, on how morality is intimately connected to self-improvement aiming at perfection and how the study of (literary) fiction has an important role to play in our strive towards bettering ourselves within the framework set by Murdoch’s moral philosophy.

Publishing year

2018-09-17

Language

English

Document type

Dissertation

Publisher

Lund University (Media-Tryck)

Topic

  • Ethics

Keywords

  • Iris Murdoch
  • Perfectionism
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Literary Turn
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Ethics

Status

Published

Project

  • Perfection and Fiction: A study in Iris Murdoch’s moral philosophy

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-88473-94-3
  • ISBN: 978-91-88473-93-6

Defence date

24 September 2018

Defence time

10:15

Defence place

C121, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund

Opponent

  • Elisabeth Schellekens Dammann (professor)