After Virtue: A Study in Moral TheoryDiscusses the nature of moral disagreement, Nietzsche, Aristotle, heroic societies, and the virtue of justice. In a new chapter, MacIntyre elaborates his position on the relationship of philosophy to history, the virtues and the issue of relativism, and the relationship of moral philosophy to theology. |
Contents
The Nature of Moral Disagreement Today | 6 |
Social Content and Social Context | 23 |
The Predecessor Culture and | 36 |
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