G. P. Xavier | The Sovereignty of Good (Iris Murdoch): Overview @gpxavier | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
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