For this essay I will take a close look to the book “Above the Gods: A dialogue about Religion” of Iris Murdoch and I will follow with some comments from other authors on her ideas of religion and moral philosophy.

I will start with a brief analysis on Murdoch’s book; then I will summarise opinions on Murdoch’s ideas form other authors like Fergus Kerr, Franklin I Gamwell and Stanley Hauerwas; and finally I will argue her views on how morality distinguish itself from religion, that the replacement of Goodness as a from of God as a way forward doesn’t bind together as stand alone idea and it is just a reshuffle of religious sensitivities for non believers.

Mi encuentro con Simone Weil vino en la maestria en filosofía y religión en Londres, desde ahí llegó a iluminarme en toda una nueva línea de pensamiento y espiritualidad. Este pequeño ensayo es mi primer intento de articular algunas de sus ideas con mis propias palabras…

This review was written as part of my assign work for the MA in Philosophy and religion. Peter Vardy, The best lecturer I had in that particular course asked us to review his own book “What is Truth”