The Sovereignty of Good

The Sovereignty of Good is a book of moral philosophy by Iris Murdoch. First published in 1970, it comprises three previously published papers.

Publishing history
The philosopher D. Z. Phillips commissioned The Sovereignty of Good as a contribution to Routledge & Kegan Paul's series "Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion", of which he was editor. First published in hardcover in London in 1970, the book comprises three previously published papers, all of which were first delivered as lectures. The first essay in the collection, entitled "The Idea of Perfection", originated in Murdoch's 1962 Ballard Matthews Lecture in the University College of North Wales and was published in the Yale Review in 1964.