Ética e metafísica na filosofia de Íris Murdoch : a peregrinação moral em busca do bem

AUTOR(ES)

Rafael da Silva Pinto

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Interpretation of Iris Murdochs moral philosophy. The present dissertation is structured upon three issues correlated in order to propose a general grasp of ethics and metaphysics in Iris Murdochs thought. The issues are: the pluralism of moral visions, the good and the void. The fundamental question, which guides the investigation, is about the possibility of harmonizing her pluralism of moral visions and the sovereignty of the Good. This relation comes about by means of a moral philosophy conceived as creative iconoclasm, which is fostered by the tension between form and contingency, exploring fissures and ambiguities of several moral pictures and concepts as portrayed by philosophical systems, by works of art, by religion and so many others human activities investigated. By means of the criticism of predominating philosophical currents, the philosopher draws her recuperation program for metaphysics concepts and pictures, showing its centrality for moral pluralism, thought as an imaginative exploration of the mystery attached to individuals moral visions. The unsystematic feature of her philosophy, as well as the plurality of adopted forms in order to investigate different moral scenarios, integrates her conception of morality as an individual peregrination in search of the Good, which involves the purification of Eros and the improvement of states of consciousness. The Good is the best metaphor found to express that morality cannot be eliminated from human life. Its transcendent feature intends to preserve moral consciousness and individual ethical judgment as critical tools to point limits and failures of every theory. Her philosophy is an invitation to the reader to undertake his own spiritual journey. Its a challenge to individuals not to regard the discernment between good and evil as a matter of choice or arbitrary will, but as an existential commitment to the ceaseless task of attention, to the purification of spiritual energy, to the improvement of moral vision, which involves an intimate deepening of the comprehension of moral vocabulary as well as an interior moral transformation. The discussion of the problem of evil faced with the Good as a reality principle enables a more accurate analysis of the concept of the void, that reveals itself as a key idea for the comprehension of the Good and of the philosophical activity itself.

ASSUNTO(S)

good ethics ética bem moral philosophy moral pluralism filosofia moral Íris murdoch metafísica pluralismo moral filosofia iris murdoch metaphysics

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