Full Idea
Love is a central concept in morals. ....[p.30] The central concept of morality is 'the individual' thought of as knowable by love, thought of in the light of the command 'Be ye therefore perfect'.
Gist of Idea
Love is a central concept in morals
Source
Iris Murdoch (The Sovereignty of Good [1970], I)
Book Reference
Murdoch,Iris: 'The Sovereignty of Good' [RKP 1974], p.1
A Reaction
This seems to be a critique of the chillier aspects of utilitarianism and Kantian duty. Love doesn't seem essential to Aristotle's concept of virtue either, and Murdoch's tradition seems to be Christian. I'm undecided about this idea.
Related Idea
Idea 22345 Moral philosophy needs a central concept with all the traditional attributes of God [Murdoch]