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El propósito central de este ensayo es argumentar en favor de la importancia de la literatura para la ética y la vida moral, a partir del pensamiento de Iris Murdoch.

Se muestra, en primer lugar, cómo la ética de la visión de Murdoch surge de su cuestionamiento de presupuestos básicos de la filosofía moral de su época. Luego se aclara el sentido de la noción de verdad que ella usa cuando sostiene que superar el egocentrismo y alcanzar una visión justa y verdadera de la realidad son tareas morales fundamentales. Esta aclaración permite argüir que la literatura puede contribuir a dirigir nuestra atención a la realidad y a verla de manera veraz, superando tendencias egocéntricas que nos descaminan de ver las cosas no como son, sino como quisiéramos que fueran. Concluimos que la literatura y la imaginación creativa que se despliega en ella nos ayudan a alcanzar una comprensión de las circunstancias particulares en las que surgen problemas morales; una comprensión que necesitamos para confrontarlos adecuadamente.

Alternate abstract:

The main purpose of this essay is to argue for the importance of literature for ethics and moral life, taking Iris Murdoch´s thought as a starting point. First, it will be shown how Murdoch’s ethics of vision emerges from her critique of basic presuppositions o urrent moral philosophy. Then we’ll clarify the sense of the concept of truth, which she uses to maintain that overcoming egocentrism and reaching a just and truthful vision of reality are basic moral tasks. This elucidation will allow us to argue that literature may contribute to directing attention to reality and seeing it in a realistic, truthful way, overcoming egocentric inclinations that mislead us to see things, not as they are, but as we would like them to be. We’ll also conclude that literature and th reative imagination it displays help us to obtain an understanding of the particular circumstances in which moral problems originate; an understanding we need to deal adequately with them.

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Subject
Title
La ética de la visión de Iris Murdoch y la significación moral de la literatura
Alternate title
Iris Murdoch’s Ethics of Vision and the Moral Significance of Literature
Issue
43
Pages
10-41
Number of pages
33
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Jan 2025
Section
Artículos
Publisher
Fundación Universidad del Norte
Place of publication
Barranquilla
Country of publication
Colombia
Publication subject
ISSN
16928857
e-ISSN
20117477
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish; Castilian
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2024-12-21
Milestone dates
2023-08-29 (Submitted); 2024-12-21 (Issued); 2024-12-21 (Created); 2024-12-21 (Modified)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
21 Dec 2024
ProQuest document ID
3200790873
Document URL
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Last updated
2025-07-13
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ProQuest One Academic