Abstract (may include machine translation)
Murdoch makes some ambitious claims about love's epistemic significance which can initially seem puzzling in the light of its heterogeneous and messy everyday manifestations. I provide an interpretation of Murdochian love such that Murdoch's claims about its epistemic significance can be understood. I argue that Murdoch conceives of love as a virtue, and as belonging at the pinnacle of the hierarchy of the virtues, and that this makes sense of the epistemic role Murdochian love fulfills. Moreover, I suggest that there is good reason to think that Murdochian love is not as far from everyday conceptions of love as it can initially appear.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving |
| Editors | Simon Cushing |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 39-62 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030723248 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030723231 |
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| State | Published - 20 Sep 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |