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Books

A Philosophy to Live By: Engaging Iris Murdoch by Maria Antonaccio

Tony Milligan engages with Iris Murdoch’s ethics.

For more than a decade Maria Antonaccio, Professor of Religious Ethics at Bucknell University, has been at the forefront of a revival of philosophical interest in Iris Murdoch’s writings. Her previous books in this area – an edited collection, and an important study of Murdoch as a moral philosopher, Picturing the Human (2000) – have helped to situate Murdoch’s texts for a new generation of ethicists and theologians.

At the heart of Antonaccio’s position is the view that Murdoch is both a Platonist and a liberal, concerned with discerning order while not ignoring the sheer contingency of the world. This core position is attractive and in many respects convincing.

Her latest offering is a collection of thematically linked articles which explore Murdoch’s preoccupations with religion, the value of the individual, and the political implications of a modern Platonic ethic.

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