Overview
Addresses the ways in which Plato, Kant, and Iris Murdoch share the thesis that aesthetic experience is connected to moralityOffers a compelling account of Kantian religion as moral empowerment
Written for scholars of Aesthetics, Ethics, Moral Psychology, and Ancient Philosophy
Offers an examination of Iris Murdoch’s philosophy and analyses Kant’s view of Achtung and Plato’s view of Eros
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About this book
This book addresses how Plato, Kant, and Iris Murdoch (each in different ways) view the connection aesthetic experience has to morality. While offering an examination of Iris Murdoch’s philosophy, it analyses deeply the suggestive links (as well as essential distinctions) between Plato’s and Kant’s philosophies. Meredith Trexler Drees considers not only Iris Murdoch’s concept of unselfing, but also its relationship with Kant’s view of Achtung and Plato’s view of Eros. In addition, Trexler Drees suggests an extended, and partially amended, version of Murdoch’s view, arguing that it is more compatible with a religious way of life than Murdoch herself realized. This leads to an expansion of the overall argument to include Kant’s affirmation of religion as an area of life that can be improved through Plato’s and Murdoch’s vision of how being good and being beautiful can be part of the same life-task.
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About the author
Meredith Trexler Drees is the Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy and the Director of Experiential Learning at Kansas Wesleyan University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aesthetic Experience and Moral Vision in Plato, Kant, and Murdoch
Book Subtitle: Looking Good/Being Good
Authors: Meredith Trexler Drees
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79088-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79087-5Published: 19 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79090-5Published: 20 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79088-2Published: 17 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 260
Topics: Aesthetics, Ethics