The sovereignty of good
By: Iris Murdoch
Series: Routledge great minds
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780415854733
Subjects: Ethics
Description: Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring the notion of ‘vision’ to moral thinking can this distortion be corrected. This brilliant work shows why Iris Murdoch remains essential reading: a vivid and uncompromising style, a commitment to forceful argument, and a courage to go against the grain.
Notes: "First published 1970 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. First published in Routledge Classics 2001."--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The idea of perfection; title: On "god" and "good"; title: The sovereignty of good over other concepts.