TY - BOOK AU - MacIntyre,Alasdair C. TI - After virtue: a study in moral theory SN - 0268006105 : AV - BJ1012 .M325 1984 U1 - 170.42 19 PY - 1984/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Ethics KW - Virtues KW - Virtue KW - After virtue N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [279]-281; • 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 • Aristotles 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 concepts • After virtue: Nietzsche or aristotle, Trotsky and St. Benedict • Postscript to the second edition ER -