After virtue : a study in moral theory by MacIntyre, Alasdair, 1929- instant download

After virtue : a study in moral theory by MacIntyre, Alasdair, 1929- instant download

xvii, 286 pages ; 24 cm, '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, Previous edition: 1985, Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index, 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 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