· 2013
The Sovereignty of Good
- 738citations
- 2013year
Short summary
Iris Murdoch argues philosophy wrongly prioritizes 'right action' over 'good being', proposing 'vision' as key to moral thinking.
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Key points
- Philosophy's focus on 'right action' is a distortion.
- Restoring 'vision' to moral thinking is the proposed correction.
- The work emphasizes 'good being' over 'right doing'.
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Abstract
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. With a foreword by Mary Midgley.
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Field: Philosophy
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