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If you're looking for MacIntyre's work, this book has almost nothing in it by him. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Humanitas, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 11627 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Michael Polanyi, Alasdair MacIntyre, and the role of tradition.(Essay)
Author: Mark T. Mitchell
Publication: Humanitas (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 19Issue: 1-2Page: 97(29)

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 861 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lutz, Christopher Stephen. Tradition in the Ethics of Alasdair MacIntyre: Relativism, Thomism, and Philosophy.(Book Review)
Author: William Haggerty
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: 58Issue: 4Page: 901(3)

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6172 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Is Aristotelian science possible? A commentary on MacIntyre and McMullin.(Alasdair MacIntyre)(Ernan McMullin)
Author: Jean DeGroot
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 60Issue: 3Page: 463(15)

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4777 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The virtues of Alasdair MacIntyre.(Biography)
Author: Stanley Hauerwas
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 176Page: 35(6)

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1899 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MacIntyre, Alasdair. Edith Stein. A Philosophical Prologue 1913-1922.(Book review)
Author: Alice Ramos
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 60Issue: 3Page: 670(4)

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This digital document is an article from Global Virtue Ethics Review, published by Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc. on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1081 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues. Alasdair Macintyre.(Book Review)
Author: Sharon Tracy
Publication: Global Virtue Ethics Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc.
Volume: 4Issue: 3-4Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from Social Theory and Practice, published by Social Theory and Practice-Florida State University on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 8971 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Stepping Into the Present: MacIntyre's Modernity.
Author: Neil Levy
Publication: Social Theory and Practice (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: Social Theory and Practice-Florida State University
Volume: 25Issue: 3Page: 471

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Knud Ejler Logstrup's The Ethical Demand is the most original influential Danish contribution to moral philosophy in this century. This is the first time that the complete text has been available in English translation. Originally published in 1956, it has again become the subject of widespread interest in Europe, now read in the context of the whole ofLogstrup's work.

The Ethical Demand marks a break not only with utilitarianism and with Kantianism but also with Kierkegaard's Christian existentialism and with all forms of subjectivism. Yet Løgstrup's project is not destructive. Rather, it is a presentation of an alternative understanding of interpersonal life. The ethical demand presupposes that all interaction between human beings involves a basic trust. Its content cannot be derived from any rule. For Logstrup, there is not Christian morality and secular morality. There is only human morality.

The Ethical Demand is of the highest relevance to contemporary debate, especially around those issues raised by Levinas. It will exert a steadily increasing influence both in theology and philosophy. ... Read more

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The work of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has recently been the subject of new interpretations. Alasdair MacIntyre argues that the prolific Dane's notion of ethics implies an arbitrary leap of faith. In this lively forum, scholars respond to MacIntyre and further explore his ideas. ... Read more

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Reclaiming Kierkegaard from the "irrational."
It is easy to misunderstand such a subtle philosopher as Kierkegaard. From his cryptic style and pseudonymns creeps a message heavily veiled, and best understood by a select view. Both "existentialism" and "irrational" become easily misused buzz words far too often applied to Kierkegaard. This book argues that such has been the case with Alasdair MacIntyre in his book AFTER VIRTUE. Fortunately, those who seem most on the mark in their interpretations of Kierkegaard have been gathered here in this collection of essays defending Kierkegaard against MacIntyre's claims that Kierkegaard is an irrational fedeist. KIERKEGAARD AFTER MACINTYRE is a brilliant and responsible exposition of the depths and intricacies of "the father of existentialism" by, whom I believe to be, the most "well-versed" Kierkegaardian scholars. Most helpful in this book was the light it shed on the influence both Kant and Artistotle had on Kierkegaard's conception of the self and decision-making, and the importance of understanding what are Kierekgaard's thoughts through all the pseudonymity...especially when it comes to his writings on the Judge and the Aesthete in Either/Or.

The book is highly enjoyable with concise essays that make their points while citing the various passages of Kierkegaard. One can easily check their refences if one is skeptical of the context. And what I enjoyed most was the fairness of the book. MacIntyre himself ends the collection of essays, and has the last words in response to the book's claims that he has radically misunderstood Kierkegaard. A good read and a definite must for anyone who wants to stay on top of the issues at hand in Kierkegaardian scholarship. ... Read more

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Argues that in order to reinvigorate our moral inheritances we must endeavor not only to live well, but also to live better.

Moral Progress examines the challenge emotivism presents to contemporary ethicists. Focusing on the thought of Alasdair MacIntyre and Alfred North Whitehead, Lisa Bellantoni refutes MacIntyre's belief that a return to traditional values which once enjoyed broad social consensus will restore our moral center. She maintains that our enduring disputes over these values mark our moral progress, helping us to recreate values that will address contemporary situations. Contrasting MacIntyre's theory with Whitehead's, she concludes that in order to reinvigorate our moral inheritances we must endeavor not only to live well, but also to live better. ... Read more

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MacIntyre is a Marxist
MacIntyre teaches at Notre Dame and is a self-acclaimed Marxist. He was a member of the communist party in his early years. The parts of the book attributed to him reflect this. He is bias and condescending of conservative Christians. Plus the foundation for his version of "Virtues" is not Biblical but historical. I say a historical foundation is a shifty one since all human history is written by bias people. If virtues are based on the Bible they transcend human history and yearn to hear only the heart of God.

More than worthwhile
It's been over a year, so my memory of much of this book is fuzzy. That said, John Howard Yoder's contribution, Practicing the Rule of Christ, is worth more than its weight in gold. The article was originally written as a study guide on forgiveness, complete with study questions. Some additional material was added a bit later in a more standard essay form. This article was, without any doubt, the most provocative thing I've read in quite some time. The ideas from it still swirl around in my head on a regular basis.

Plenty of other good stuff on Christian conception of virtues as well. ... Read more