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Reconceiving Murdochian Realism
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Iris Murdoch
Moral objectivity
Moral realism
Truth
Moral objectivity
Moral realism
Truth
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27475
Abstract
It can be tempting to read Iris Murdoch as subscribing to the same position as standard contemporary moral realists. Her language is often similar to theirs and they share some key commitments, most importantly the rejection of the fact-value di-chotomy. However, it is a mistake to assume that her realism amounts to the same thing theirs does. In this paper I offer a sketch of her alternative conception of real-ism, which centres on the idea that truth and reality are fundamentally ethical con-cepts. For Murdoch, I suggest, realism is a matter of doing justice to the objects one is confronted with—something that cannot be understood except in ethical terms.
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Journal article
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2023
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10.3998/ergo.4653