MacIntyre's After Virtue at 40

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

Tom Angier (Edited by)

9781316513781, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 October 2023

286 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.55 kg

'[The book] marks an important paradigm shift in ethical theory - a shift away from the dominant theories of utilitarianism and deontology - insofar as it introduces a series of concepts hitherto absent from contemporary moral philosophy. Highly recommended.' S. A. Mason, CHOICE

Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has been recognised as a classic. Primarily a work of moral philosophy, it also draws on sociology, classics, political science and theology to effect a unique intellectual synthesis, and its combination of erudition and challenging, even provocative argument has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This volume of new essays unpacks the influence of After Virtue on ethical and political theory, sociology and theology, and offers a multi-faceted exploration of its significance. The essays offer a way into MacIntyre's philosophy, and demonstrate how, rather than waning in influence over the past forty years, his most seminal text has found an ever-wider audience and continues to inspire controversy and debate in the humanities.

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.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]