Examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, offering a tentative proposal for its recovery.
Examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, offering a tentative proposal for its recovery.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alasdair MacIntyre is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics at London Metropolitan University and Rev John A. O'Brien Senior Research Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books, including After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, A Short History of Ethics, and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
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Prologue to the Third Edition Preface 1. A Disquieting Suggestion 2. The Nature of Moral Agreement Today and the Claims of Emotivism 3. Emotivism: Social Content and Social Context 4. The Predecessor Culture and the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality 5. Why the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality Had to Fail 6. Some Consequences of the Failure of the Enlightenment Project 7. 'Fact', Explanation and Expertise 8. The Character of Generalizations in Social Science and their Lack of Predictive Power 9. Nietzsche or Aristotle? 10. The Virtues in Heroic Societies 11. The Virtues at Athens 12. Aristotle's Account of the Virtues 13. Medieval Aspects and Occasions 14. The Nature of the Virtues 15. The Virtues, The Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition 16. From the Virtues to Virtue and After Virtue 17. Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions 18. After Virtue: Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St Benedict 19. Postscript Bibliography Index.
Prologue to the Third Edition Preface 1. A Disquieting Suggestion 2. The Nature of Moral Agreement Today and the Claims of Emotivism 3. Emotivism: Social Content and Social Context 4. The Predecessor Culture and the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality 5. Why the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality Had to Fail 6. Some Consequences of the Failure of the Enlightenment Project 7. 'Fact', Explanation and Expertise 8. The Character of Generalizations in Social Science and their Lack of Predictive Power 9. Nietzsche or Aristotle? 10. The Virtues in Heroic Societies 11. The Virtues at Athens 12. Aristotle's Account of the Virtues 13. Medieval Aspects and Occasions 14. The Nature of the Virtues 15. The Virtues, The Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition 16. From the Virtues to Virtue and After Virtue 17. Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions 18. After Virtue: Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St Benedict 19. Postscript Bibliography Index.
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