Iris Murdoch’s Conception of Moral Development in Her Novel The Good Apprentice

The author juxtaposes two views of morality and the man they imply: one represented by behaviourist existentialist approaches in theories other proposed Iris Murdoch, who stresses ability to see recognise morally significant characteristics. In Murdoch’s opinion, a person’s moral development consists change quality consciousness as result activity attention exploring reality. After contrasting these views, confronts approach with conception understood along lines exemplified character her novel Good Apprentice. She also puts problem into context transcendence persons.