Iris Murdoch employs the notion of ‘background’, and notions related to it, in order to pursue various philosophic projects. The author explores Murdoch’s use of the notion in order to focus on two interconnected questions. On the one hand, the notion signals the hardness and inexhaustible character of reality, as the needed background in order to make sense of our lives in various ways. On the other, the hardness of reality is the object of a moral work of apprehension and deepening to the point at which its distinctive character dissolves into the family of connections we have gained for ourselves. The author elaborates on the necessity of both sides of the concept, especially in connection to the notion of life: human, animal, and environmental.
L'articolo si concentra sull'uso della nozione di sfondo (background) nella filosofia di Iris Murdoch. Esso segnala il carattere duro e inesauribile della realtà, necessario per conferire significato alle attività umane. In secondo luogo, il carattere duro della realtà è oggetto di un lavoro morale di comprensione e di approfondimento al punto che tale durezza si trasforma in un fascio di relazioni che stabiliamo tra noi e gli aspetti di cui abbiamo guadagnato una comprensione morale. L'autore insiste sulla necessità di entrambe le prospettive, in particolare in relazione all'etica della vita umana, animale e ambientale.
Murdoch e la permanenza della realtà / Donatelli, Piergiorgio. - In: ETICA & POLITICA. - ISSN 1825-5167. - ELETTRONICO. - 16:1(2014), pp. 316-332.
Murdoch e la permanenza della realtà
DONATELLI, Piergiorgio
2014
Abstract
Iris Murdoch employs the notion of ‘background’, and notions related to it, in order to pursue various philosophic projects. The author explores Murdoch’s use of the notion in order to focus on two interconnected questions. On the one hand, the notion signals the hardness and inexhaustible character of reality, as the needed background in order to make sense of our lives in various ways. On the other, the hardness of reality is the object of a moral work of apprehension and deepening to the point at which its distinctive character dissolves into the family of connections we have gained for ourselves. The author elaborates on the necessity of both sides of the concept, especially in connection to the notion of life: human, animal, and environmental.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.