Iris Murdoch's moral philosophy, although highly influential in the 20th century, is somewhat unsystematic and inaccessible. By examining all of Murdoch's contributions to moral philosophy, from her short papers to Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals, Heather Widdows provides an accessible and systematized account of Murdoch's concepts and offers a clear and critical exposition of her thought.

Contents: The breadth of Iris Murdoch's vision; The 'inner life' of the individual; Experiencing morality; The Good; Living the moral life; Art and the moral life; Religion and the moral life; The future of Iris Murdoch's moral vision; Bibliography; Index.

Dr Heather Widdows is from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK.