Author:
MacIntyre, Alasdair C.
Edition Statement:3rd ed.
Imprint:Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007.
Descriptionxix, 286 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:First edition published in 1981 by Gerald Duckworth, London.
Note:A 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 generalizations in social science and their lack of predictive power -- Nietzsche or Aristotle? -- The virtues of heroic societies -- The virtues of Athens -- Aristotle's account of the virtues -- Medieval aspects and occasions -- The nature 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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-281) and index.
Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries ; Resources for College Libraries
