Title: The Sovereignty of Good
First published: October 1, 1994
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.
Subjects: Good and evil, Ethics, Addresses, essays, lectures, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Morale, Ethics (philosophy), PHILOSOPHY, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social
LC classification: BJ1401 .M8