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The Uniqueness of After Virtue (or ‘Against Hindsight’)
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Alex Bavister-Gould
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May 17, 2016
Abstract
The paper questions the extent to which MacIntyre’s current ethical and political outlook should be traced to a project begun in After Virtue. It is argued that, instead, a critical break comes in 1985 with his adoption of a ‘Thomistic Aristotelian’ standpoint. After Virtue’s ‘positive thesis’, by contrast, is a distinct position in MacIntyre’s intellectual journey, and the standpoint of After Virtue embodies substantial commitments not only in conflict with, but antithetical to, MacIntyre’s later worldview-mostly clearly illustrated in the contrasting positions on moral conflict and tragedy.
Published Online: 2016-05-17
Published in Print: 2008-05-01
© 2008 by Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart
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- Misunderstanding MacIntyre on Human Rights
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