As a distinguished philosopher and novelist in the second half of the twentieth century, Iris Murdoch addressed the significance of ethics in her framework of thought.. Murdoch’s moral philosophy was widely acknowledged as a challenge to the prevailing ethical traditions which, she asserted, had failed to present an accurate picture of morality. As a philosopher and literary figure, Murdoch maintained that not only moral philosophy but also literature should depict perceptible pictures of man’s morality. The purpose of this paper is (...) to closely explore Murdoch’s perspective towards the weight of love in moral philosophy. Since she was concerned with ethical issues and man’s confrontation with ethical questions in a world in which religious values and beliefs had been shattered, Murdoch deployed literature to convey the concepts she advocated in her moral philosophy. She contended that literature was capable of sustaining and improving man’s morality. Murdoch was a prolific novelist and playwright authoring 26 novels and 6 plays in which she developed and reflected her philosophical arguments through the portrayal of her intended ethical behavior. This tendency is mostly highlighted in The Flight from the Enchanter, and The Severed Head in which Murdoch resorts to Plato’s theory of Forms and his idea of the Good to combat the conventional moral philosophy of the twentieth century. Based on the findings of this article, Murdoch intends to depict the significance of freedom and love as the prerequisites of morality in any philosophical system. (shrink)

In the article it is given information about the tragedy, it is paid attention Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, and it is investigated the place of it on philosophy and on aesthetics. In the article, it has compared Plato’s opinions with the theory of Aristotle about tragedy also. The reasons for Plato’s attitude toward tragic art are being researched. It can be said about Plato that he did not accept the tragedy as an art sample or artwork, even he said that (...) it would not be the place for the tragedy in his “ideal state”. Plato preferred to silence more than just talking about the tragedy. (shrink)