The sovereignty of good
by Iris Murdoch
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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.
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"First published 1970 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. First published in Routledge Classics 2001."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
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"It is sometimes said, either irritably or with a certain satisfaction, that philosophy makes no progress."
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