Murdoch, Iris.
The sovereignty of good / Iris Murdoch. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - xvi, 105 p. ; 20 cm. - Routledge great minds .
"First published 1970 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. First published in Routledge Classics 2001 by Routledge."
The idea of perfection -- On "god" and "good" -- The sovereignty of good over other concepts.
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 e~visione(tm) 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. With a foreword by Mary Midgley.
9780415854733 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2013015298
Ethics.
Good and evil.
170
The sovereignty of good / Iris Murdoch. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - xvi, 105 p. ; 20 cm. - Routledge great minds .
"First published 1970 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. First published in Routledge Classics 2001 by Routledge."
The idea of perfection -- On "god" and "good" -- The sovereignty of good over other concepts.
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 e~visione(tm) 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. With a foreword by Mary Midgley.
9780415854733 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2013015298
Ethics.
Good and evil.
170