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

Frits Gåvertsson

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (monograph)

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationDoctor
Awarding Institution
  • Practical Philosophy
Supervisors/Advisors
  • Egonsson, Dan, Supervisor
  • Brännmark, Johan, Assistant supervisor
Award date2018 Sept 24
Place of PublicationLund
Edition1st
Publisher
ISBN (Print)978-91-88473-93-6
ISBN (electronic) 978-91-88473-94-3
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Sept 17

Bibliographical note

Defence details
Date: 2018-09-24
Time: 10:15
Place: C121, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund
External reviewer(s)
Name: Schellekens Dammann, Elisabeth
Title: professor
Affiliation: Uppsala universitet
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Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Ethics

Free keywords

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

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