Sökning: "Iris Murdoch"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Iris Murdoch.
1. Novel writing and moral philosophy as aspects of a single struggle : Iris Murdoch's hybrid novels
Sammanfattning : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. LÄS MER
2. Strävan mot unselfing : en pedagogisk studie av bildningstanken hos Iris Murdoch
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study in philosophy of education and focuses on the moral dimensions of an individual’s formation, and on how reading fictional literature can contribute to the process of formation. The point of departure is the notion that education contains – or should contain – moral dimensions and thus contributes to the formation of individual life and a life shared with others. LÄS MER
3. “Everything important is to do with passion” : Iris Murdoch’s concept of love and its Platonic origin
Sammanfattning : The object of this dissertation is to highlight the influence of Simone Weil and Plato on the philosopher Iris Murdoch. This is done through an investigation of her concept of love. The aim is to investigate the concept as it is portrayed in Iris Murdoch’s work with the claim to be a central, but as such neglected, concept in philosophy. LÄS MER
4. Perfection and Fiction : A study in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy
Sammanfattning : 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.. LÄS MER
5. Moral Philosophy and Novel Writing as Aspects of a Single Struggle : Iris Murdoch’s Hybrid Novels
Sammanfattning : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. LÄS MER
