Perfection and Fiction : A study in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy
Författare
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.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2018-09-17
Språk
Engelska
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Lund University (Media-Tryck)
Ämne
- Ethics
Nyckelord
- Iris Murdoch
- Perfectionism
- Philosophy and Literature
- Literary Turn
- Moral Philosophy
- Ethics
Status
Published
Projekt
- Perfection and Fiction: A study in Iris Murdoch’s moral philosophy
Handledare
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-91-88473-94-3
- ISBN: 978-91-88473-93-6
Försvarsdatum
24 september 2018
Försvarstid
10:15
Försvarsplats
C121, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Opponent
- Elisabeth Schellekens Dammann (professor)