A Fairly Honourable Defeat is a novel by the British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch. Published in 1970, it was her thirteenth novel. The lives of several friends are thrown into disarray by the machinations of Julius King.

Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (/ ˈmɜːrdɒk / MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious.

Prominent 20th-century English moral philosopher, as well as a gifted, prolific, and widely acclaimed novelist. Name variations: Dame Iris Murdoch. Pronunciation: MER-dock.

Rupert Murdoch, born in Melbourne, is a major international media proprietor – he chairs two United States-based companies that control most of his assets: News Corp and Fox Corporation. Murdoch's career as a media proprietor began in 1952, when he inherited his father's stake in News Limited. [14]

Jan 22, 2020 · “It is always a significant question to ask about any philosopher: what is he afraid of?” — Iris Murdoch, Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992). My PhD thesis, which I completed in 2000, was titled Courage and Truthfulness: Ethical Strategies and the Creative Process in the Novels of Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing and V.S. Naipaul.

The preeminence of male rivalry in Murdoch's work is not surprising from a writer who told Michael Bellamy in 1977: I identify with men more than women, I think.

Feb 9, 1999 · Iris Murdoch, one of Britain’s most revered modern novelists, died Monday at a nursing home in Oxford, England. She was 79. A philosopher by trade and temperament, Murdoch wrote more than 30...

Mar 23, 2022 · Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was a prominent British philosopher of the second half of the 20 th century, best known for her moral philosophy.

Dec 27, 2024 · Iris Murdoch (born July 15, 1919, Dublin, Ireland—died February 8, 1999, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was a British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements.

Jan 21, 2025 · Rupert Murdoch's team made the offer to resolve the hacking suits from Prince Harry and a British lawmaker as a trial was to begin. A settlement could help Washington Post CEO Will Lewis.