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    This thesis comprises a study of the ethical thought of Iris Murdoch with special emphasis, as evidenced by the title, on how morality is intimately connected to self-improvement aiming at perfection and how the study of fiction has an important role to play in our strive towards bettering ourselves within the framework set by Murdoch’s moral philosophy.
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    In this paper I consider whether eudamonism—i.e. the thesis that the ultimate aim of human life and conduct is the attainment of happiness and that the achievement of this goal is closely linked to the acquisition and exercise of moral virtue and tranquillity of the soul—could serve as a framework for a theory of rights. I argue that the eudaimonist’s chances to ground a theory of rights from within her chosen framework is greatly increased if we take the order of explanation to go from duty to …Read more
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    I argue that given a plausible reading of John Williams’s Stoner (2012 [1965]) the novel throws light on the demands and costs of pursuing a strategy for self-realisation along Platonic lines which seeks unification through the adoption of a single exclusive end in a manner that emulates the Socratic maieutic teacher. The novel does not explicitly argue either for or against such a strategy but rather vividly depicts its difficulties, appeal, and limitations, thus leaving the ultimate evaluation…Read more
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    Ethical Pluralism and Moral Conflict in Aeschylus's Oresteia
    Philosophy and Literature 41 (1A): 24-39. 2017.
    It might seem as if the Weltbild emanating from Aeschylus's plays in general—and the Oresteia in particular, as that shall be my main focus in what follows—exhibits an almost dreamlike incoherence. Building on the works of James J. Helm, I argue that, contrary to this reading, it is fruitful and plausible to read the trilogy as expounding a coherent moral outlook.
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    I argue that Lisa Shapiro’s rational reconstruction of Descartes’s provisional moral code in terms of a broad conception of morality supplies us with an interpretative framework that make historiographical sense of the reception of Descartes’s moral philosophy in an Anglophone context on three occasions: the appeal to Descartes made by Henry More, Henry Sidgwick’s abrupt dismissal, and the ensuing reaction to Sidgwick found in Grace Neal Dolson. This case shows, I maintain, how reception history…Read more
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    Review of Anders Burman & Synne Myrebøe (ed.): Martha Nussbaum. Ancient philosophy, civic education and liberal humanism
    Lychnos : Årsbok För Idé- Och Lärdomshistoria : Annual of the Swedish History of Science Society 2020 (1): 339-341. 2020.
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    Dame Margaret Drabble’s The Millstone can profitably be read as shedding light on personal identity and moral development as well as how these connect to contemporary society, history, friendship, self-knowledge and self-deception in a way that ought to be of interest to classic perfectionist theories, i.e. ethical theories that develop an account of ethics informed by an account of the good human life understood in terms of the development of human nature. This essay deals with the role of lite…Read more
  • Философия истории в аналитической традиции
    History of Philosophy/Istoriya Filosofii 1 (22): 78-91. 2017.
    The aim of the article is, according to the author, to present history of philosophy (and philosophy of history) in terms of the British analytical tradition. Rejection of metahistorical purpose accounts for the importance of transdisciplinary analysis in the effort to make sense of historicism; thus, inner “duality” of historiography becomes vital for combining individual and “objective” sides of research. Hence, the author’s interest in such topics as the hermeneutic “fusion of horizons”, Niet…Read more
  • Medicinanalogin i antik etik
    Filosofisk Tidskrift 37 (2): 35-42. 2016.
    Hellenistisk moralfilosofi utmärks av en syn på filosofisk verksamhet som är både praktisk och medkännande, en filosofi som var ämnad att hjälpa människor i deras lidande och med deras mest pressande bryderier. Man såg filosofin som ett verktyg för att handskas med problem vi människor mer eller mindre dagligen ställs inför såsom dödsångest, kärlek, och aggressioner. Utan att göra avkall på sanningssökande betraktade man filosofin som ämnad att hjälpa människor att leva blomstrande, lyckliga, li…Read more