The Sovereignty of Good (Iris Murdoch): Overview

An explanation of Iris Murdoch's philosophical book, The Sovereignty of Good, in which she argues for an ethics centered on the metaphor of vision.
0:00 Introduction
2:46 Two Fundamental Assumptions
6:54 The Opposition
13:47 Mother-in-Law Example
19:12 What Has Happened? (Genetic Analysis)
21:14 What Has Happened? (Ordinary View)
22:32 Refutation of Genetic Analysis
29:03 Freedom and Vision
38:29 Methods of Purification
39:29 Method 1: Beauty
44:24 Painting: Flaying of Marsyas (Titian)
45:28 Painting: Surrender of Breda (Velázquez)
46:21 Method 2: Technai
48:38 Method 3: Contemplation of Good
52:37 What Is the Good?
1:06:41 ...But What IS the Good?
1:11:39 Coda: Love and Humility

[@conw_y]

This is quite powerful and relevant philosophy, I feel blessed to have discovered Iris Murdoch.

[@TheJSwany]

life changing video for me. thank you so much. this came at exactly the right time into my life

[@gpxavier]

Thank you for your comment - I'm really glad! 🙂

[@rfbaylon]

Awesome video, thank you so much. Super helpful! I just finished the book today and this cleared a lot up.

[@gpxavier]

Thanks for your comment - so glad this was helpful for you! 🙂

[@Jontheinternet]

Great video thank you

[@Jontheinternet]

The ego doesn't mean "I" in Greek by coincidence. The very nature of ego is selfish. It is the self. Or the illusion of the self like the shadows

[@robertgomezjr2640]

Westminster Larger Catechism
Q. 7. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, in and of himself infinite in being, glory, blessedness, and perfection; all-sufficient, eternal, unchangeable, incomprehensible, everywhere present, almighty, knowing all things, most wise, most holy, most just, most merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
C.S. Lewis