Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

Iris Murdoch. Penguin Books, $20 (528pp) ISBN 978-0-14-017232-4

British novelist-philosopher Murdoch's treatise on contemporary morality spans such topics as Shakespearean tragedy, Martin Buber's philosophy and the nature of the imagination. (Mar.)

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