Macintyre''s After Virtue At 40

"Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This new collection unpacks the influence of After Virtue on ethical and political theory, sociology and theology, and offers a multi-faceted exploration of its significance"--

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. After Virtue and Ethical Theory: 1. After virtue and virtue ethics Tom Angier; 2. After virtue and happiness Jennifer Herdt; 3. After virtue: nietzsche or aristotle, institutions and practices Kelvin Knight; Part II. After Virtue and Political Theory: 4. After virtue's critique of liberalism David Rondel; 5. After virtue and the rise of postliberalism Nathan Pinkoski; 6. After virtue and conservatism David McPherson; 7. After virtue as a real utopia Jason Blakely; Part III. After Virtue and Narrative: 8. Form, style and voice in after virtue Stephen Mulhall; 9. After virtue, narrative and the human good Micah Lott; 10. After virtue as a narrative of revolutionary practical reason Christopher Lutz; Part IV. After Virtue beyond Philosophy: 11. Theological overtones in after virtue Charles Pinches; 12. Law as social practice: after virtue and legal theory Mark Retter; 13. After virtue, managers and business ethics Paul Blackledge.

About the author

Tom Angier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics (Cambridge, 2019)., and the author of Human Nature, Human Goods: A Theory of Natural Perfectionism (Cambridge, forthcoming).

Summary

Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This new collection unpacks the influence of After Virtue on ethical and political theory, sociology and theology, and offers a multi-faceted exploration of its significance.

Foreword

This volume on Alasdair MacIntyre's most seminal text, After Virtue, offers a multi-faceted exploration of its lasting significance.

Product details

• Authors: Tom (University of Cape Town) Angier
• Assisted by: Tom Angier (Editor), Tom (University of Cape Town) Angier (Editor), Angier Tom (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781316513781
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51378-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Theology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Theology, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Academic style, Academism, Academicism