In a recent survey of Murdoch's philosophical work, Justin Broackes points to several distinctive features of Murdoch's moral philosophy, including a "moral realism or 'naturalism', allowing into the world cases of such properties as humility or generosity; an anti‐scientism; a rejection of Humean moral psychology; a sort of 'particularism'; special attention to the virtues; and emphasis on the metaphor of moral perception or 'seeing' moral facts." The reasons for this are unclear, but the Scottish literary critic, G. S. Fraser notes that, in the late 1940s, the philosophers who were then occupying Murdoch's attention were late Victorian British idealists, such as T. H. Green, F. H. Bradley, and Bernard Bosanquet. Broackes also notes that Murdoch's influence on the discipline of philosophy was sometimes indirect since it impacted both her contemporaries and the following generation of philosophers, particularly Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, John McDowell, and Bernard Williams. She sent copies of her earlier novels to Anscombe, but there is nothing in Anscombe's writing which reflects any of these.
in a recent survey of murdoch's philosophical work justin broackes points to several distinctive features of murdoch's moral philosophy including a "moral realism or 'naturalism' allowing into the world cases of such properties as humility or generosity; an anti‐scientism; a rejection of humean moral psychology; a sort of 'particularism'; special attention to the virtues; and emphasis on the metaphor of moral perception or 'seeing' moral facts" the reasons for this are unclear but the scottish literary critic g s fraser notes that in the late 1940s the philosophers who were then occupying murdoch's attention were late victorian british idealists such as t h green f h bradley and bernard bosanquet broackes also notes that murdoch's influence on the discipline of philosophy was sometimes indirect since it impacted both her contemporaries and the following generation of philosophers particularly elizabeth anscombe philippa foot john mcdowell and bernard williams she sent copies of her earlier novels to anscombe but there is nothing in anscombe's writing which reflects any of these