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After Virtue

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory is a book on moral philosophy by the Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. MacIntyre provides a bleak view of the state of modern moral discourse, regarding it as failing to be rational, and failing to admit to being irrational. He claims that older forms of moral discourse were in better shape, particularly…

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Author
Alasdair MacIntyre
Published
1981 (University of Notre Dame Press)
Subject
Ethics

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After Virtue

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related to Summary · 17
After Virtue → Aristotelian, Aristotelianism, Canticle, David Hume, Enlightenment, Enlightenment's, He, Immanuel Kant, It, Karl Marx, Leibowitz, MacIntyre, Specifically, Søren Kierkegaard, That, The, These
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After Virtue → Connolly, George Scialabba, In, MacIntyre, MacIntyre's, Nietzsche, Nietzsche's, Political Theory, Scialabba, The, William
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After Virtue → Alasdair MacIntyre
ISBN · 1
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After Virtue → 1981 (University of Notre Dame Press)
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After Virtue → Ethics
is a · 1
After Virtue → belief that in order to comprehend who we are

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