Moral Perception in Iris Murdoch

The idea of moral vision is both of relevance to a range of contemporary debates in moral philosophy and prominent in Iris Murdoch’s work. Murdoch talks variously of ‘really seeing’, ‘looking’, ‘attending’, a ‘loving gaze’, and so on. The significance of this talk has been disputed by commentators, both in terms of its philosophical import and in terms of its broader implications for Murdoch’s overall conception of morality. This conference will bring together both established and emerging scholars with a view to better understanding this notion of moral vision, its relation to Murdoch’s work more generally and to current debates in moral philosophy.