Chatto & Windus, 1992. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 520pp. With dustwrapper. Bookplate. Binding sound, text unmarked.

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The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? Here, drawing on a novelist's insight into art, literature and abnormal psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians—from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida—to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions.

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Bookseller: St Philip's Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: MM4452
Title: Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
Author: MURDOCH, Iris
Format/Binding
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0701139986
ISBN 13: 9780701139988
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1992
Size: 520pp. With dustwrapper. Bookpla

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