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100 1 $aMacIntyre, Alasdair,$d1929-
245 10 $aAfter virtue :$ba study in moral theory /$cAlasdair MacIntyre.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aLondon :$bDuckworth,$c2007.
300 $axvii, 286 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aPrevious edition: 1985.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
520 8 $a'After Virtue' provides a re-evaluation of contemporary moral philosophy. The author elaborates his position on the connection between philosophy and history, relativism, and the relation of moral philosophy to theology.
505 0 $aA disquieting suggestion -- The nature of moral disagreement today and the claims of emotivism -- Emotivism : social content and social context -- The predecessor culture and the Enlightenment project of justifying morality -- Why the Enlightenment project of justifying morality had to fail -- Some consequences of the failure of the Enlightenment project -- 'Fact', explanation and expertise -- The character of generalisations in social science and their lack of predictive power -- Nietzsche or Aristotle? -- The virtues in heroic societies -- The virtues at Athens -- Aristotle's account of the virtues -- The virtues, the unity of a human life and the concept of a tradition -- From the virtues to virtue and after virtue -- Justice as a virtue : changing conceptions -- After virtue : Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St. Benedict.
650 0 $aEthics.
650 7 $aEthics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00915833
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