Goodness and Fictive Persons

Schweiker, William (author)

Dust that Breathes ; 145-162

2010-10-08

18 pages

9781444335354 , 9781444392814

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444392814.ch8

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

link between Murdoch's ethics ‐ and understanding or theory of art , goodness and fictive persons , journey through layers of reflection ‐ connection between art and morals , Christian theological humanism ‐ acknowledging human limits and embracing a love of life, even new life , Murdoch's humanism of love's tragic freedom ‐ open to religion in a way that most neohumanists are not , remembrance of death, our dust or mortality ‐ and love of life, the breath of spirit , claim of the Good on our lives ‐ and necessity of death, of mortality , being a human being and dilemma of existence ‐ connection between morality and art , Christian theological reflections ‐ something at stake in connection between death and love of life , tragic freedom of love, in unflinching devotion and attachment ‐ to one's God, leading to hatred of all that is ungodly