After virtue : A study in moral theory /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: MacIntyre, Alasdair
Formato: Libro
Lengua:inglés
Datos de publicación: Notre Dame [Indiana] : University of Notre Dame, 1984.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Descripción Física:xi, 286 p.
ISBN:0268006113
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 at 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