After virtue
Subtitle: a study in moral theory
By: Alasdair MacIntyre
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780715636404
Subjects: Ethics
Description: '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.
Notes: Previous edition: 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: A disquieting suggestion; title: The nature of moral disagreement today and the claims of emotivism; title: Emotivism : social content and social context; title: The predecessor culture and the Enlightenment project of justifying morality; title: Why the Enlightenment project of justifying morality had to fail; title: Some consequences of the failure of the Enlightenment project; title: 'Fact', explanation and expertise; title: The character of generalisations in social science and their lack of predictive power; title: Nietzsche or Aristotle?; title: The virtues in heroic societies; title: The virtues at Athens; title: Aristotle's account of the virtues; title: The virtues, the unity of a human life and the concept of a tradition; title: From the virtues to virtue and after virtue; title: Justice as a virtue : changing conceptions; title: After virtue : Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St. Benedict.