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Unbound. Autograph Manuscript Page Signed. One sheet of 8¼" x 11½" lined paper, hole-punched in the left margin. Murdoch's manuscript on both sides, a bit more than 1¼pp. Old horizontal fold, light wear, a bit of faint soil in the blank portion of the verso, about fine. Approximately four lines canceled by Murdoch; several minor differences, but the majority of the text appears as published. Signed by Murdoch at the end of the manuscript.
A manuscript page on the concept of duty that would be published in the essay "Notes on Will and Duty," in her book *Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals* (Chatto and Windus, 1992). The book was based on the 1982 Gifford Lectures she gave at the University of Edinburgh. (The passage appears in the first American edition on pp.302-303.)
The passage concerns the definition of duty, its inculcation in the young, and its clearest mandates being negatives (e.g. "don't lie" is more clear than "be truthful"). The passage begins: "The concept of duty is *sui generis*, its separateness is an aspect of its efficacy. It is not the whole of morals, but is an essential rigidly enduring part."
A manuscript page on an interesting subject from one of Iris Murdoch's major philosophical works.
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