Iris Murdoch, Liberal Education and Human Flourishing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Evans (0000-0002-8916-2684), William F Evans (Saint Peter's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-84 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2009.00666.x |
| OpenAlex | W2030408668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Articulating the good of liberal education—what we should teach and why we should teach it—is necessary to resist the subversion of liberal education to economic or political ends and the mania for measurable skills. I argue that Iris Murdoch’s philosophical writings enrich the work of contemporary Aristotelians, such as Joseph Dunne and Alasdair MacIntyre, on these issues. For Murdoch, studies in the arts and intellectual subjects, by connecting students to the inescapable contingency and finitude of human existence, contribute to the cultivation of intellectual and moral virtues and thus to human flourishing
Aesthetics · Contingency · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Flourishing · Higher education · Liberal arts education · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subversion · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and Literary Analysis · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |