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''The Sovereignty of Good'' is a book of moral philosophy by Iris Murdoch. First published in 1970, it comprises three previously published papers, all of which were originally delivered as lectures. Murdoch argued against the prevailing consensus in moral philosophy, proposing instead a Platonist approach. ''The Sovereignty of Good'' is Murdoch's best known philosophy book. == Publishing history == The philosopher D. Z. Phillips commissioned ''The Sovereignty of Good'' from Iris Murdoch as a contribution to Routledge & Kegan Paul's series "Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion", of which Phillips was general editor. The book comprises three previously published papers, all of which were originally delivered as lectures. The first essay, entitled "The idea of perfection", originated as Murdoch's 1962 Ballard Matthews Lecture in the University College of North Wales. It was published in ''The Yale Review'' in April 1964. "On 'God' and 'Good' ", the second essay, was Murdoch's contribution to the August 1966 meeting of the Study Group on Foundations of Cultural Unity at Bowdoin College. It was published in 1969 in ''The Anatomy of Knowledge'', a collection of papers presented at the Study Group's 1965 and 1966 meetings. The book's final essay is "The sovereignty of good over other concepts", which was the Leslie Stephen Lecture delivered in the University of Cambridge on 14 November 1967. The lecture was published as a 37-page pamphlet in the same year by Cambridge University Press. The first edition of ''The Sovereignty of Good'' was in hardcover, published in London in 1970 by Routledge. The first English paperback edition came out in 1971. Schocken Books published it in the United States, where the hardcover and paperback editions were published simultaneously in 1971. Routledge reprinted the paperback edition in 1974 and 1980. 〔 In 2001 Routledge reissued ''The Sovereignty of Good'' in both England and the United States as part of its "Routledge Classics" series. 〔 In 2013 the book appeared as a "Routledge Great Minds" edition with a foreword by Mary Midgley. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sovereignty of Good」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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