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We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Jean Iris Murdoch
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