今天說一下６月８日聽的一個Book Talk，是由鄭鈺鈿先生主講，梅鐸的[善的之上/至善的主權] (譯名有異)
梅鐸是英國90年代一個很重要的哲學/戲劇/文學家，著作/論文很多。
晚年得了阿茲海默症，失去了重要的言語能力直至死亡。
而故後現世對她的研究及評介還源源不絕，這次講座就是證明了。
其一生事蹟被她丈夫寫成傳記後,被拍成電影，就是上圖"Iris" (台譯長路將盡)
是次講座的內容大致跟在會場派發鄭先生4.5頁的書評一樣
再簡單點介紹，這本書是由３篇討論道德哲學的論文組合而成
書中首先批判當時的主流道德哲學：主流認為道德是要以行為作表象
梅鐸認為心靈活動不構成行動的意義，同時難以以發生性分析(迫問人們如何學習心靈概念)以顯示心靈概念(抉擇,考慮,渴望,妒忌等)的深層意義(字義以外的意義)
故此，理解道德必要有其他方法
『道德生活的敵人是貪婪無厭的自我。」
貪婪無厭的自我如何消除？答案就是”愛”，故關愛是主導了道德生活
愛又是甚麼？書中指愛是作為對另一個人的本相(reality)懷著尊重與關顧的專注，是虛己，無我的過程
這些都是講座及書評的折錄內容，有很多問題都沒去解答
其目的很明顯，是想鼓勵人去看書吧－＿－
1 則留言:
Lets talk about a Book Talk about Murdoch's held by Mr. Cheng in 8,June.
Iris Murdoch is a prominent philosopher/ dramatist/ author in 90s England, whose writings are numerous.
In the latter part of her life, she was suffered from Alzheimer's Disease, and thus lost her linguistic ability.
After her pass away, the study and criticism about her is continuing, this Talk is as a proof.
Her life story have been put on the silver screen accounting with the biography written by her husband in 2002.
This Talk's context is similar to 4.5 pages long book review written by Mr.Cheng.
Put a long passage in short, the book is compound with 3 articles discussing moral philosophy.
The book start with criticizing contemporary moral philosophy which claim that morals only could be appeared by action.
Murdoch think that the mental activities couldn't construct the meaning of action, while there are difficult using the genetical analysis to reveal the deep-rooted meaning of mental concepts.
Because of the above, there must have been another way to perceive morality.
Love is guiding the moral life.
What is love? accounting to the book, love is the concentration toward others' reality filled with respect and care, which is a process of forgetting oneself being.
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