The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all.Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality?Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology?Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human?Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians - from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida - to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions.