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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009076036
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009076036
Series:
Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
Subjects:
Philosophy: General Interest, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy, Theology
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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.

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‘[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 Source: CHOICE

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