“…For Murdoch, great art shows us "the world as we were never able so clearly to see it before" ( [5], p. 78) by leading us towards "a juster, clearer, more detailed, more refined understanding of human nature, or of the natural world which crowds upon our senses" ( [11], p. 90). For example, she suggests, Rubens' painting of the Last Supper shows Judas' dog sitting under his chair, which invites us to see him not simply as the villain whose action led to the death of Christ but as a sinful human being with redeeming qualities ( [3], p. 86)-like other sinful human beings-and thus to conclude that human nature is never unambiguously good or bad.…”