Author:
MacIntyre, Alasdair C.
Imprint:London ; New York: Bloomsbury, 2013 (2014 printing)
Descriptionxx, 333 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:First published 1981 by Bristol Classic Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic.
Note:This paperback edition first published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Academic.
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 in heroic societies -- The virtues in 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 -- Postscript to the second edition.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
