Princeton University Press eBooks· 2015· Book chapter
38. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
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This work argues that the Enlightenment project to justify morality failed, leading to a fragmented and emotivist understanding of ethics. It proposes a return to Aristotelian virtue ethics as a viable alternative.
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Key points
- The Enlightenment project to justify morality on rational grounds is argued to have failed.
- Modern moral discourse is characterized by emotivism, reducing ethics to subjective expressions.
- Aristotelian virtue ethics is presented as a potential alternative to contemporary moral fragmentation.
- The book explores the historical and philosophical roots of this moral crisis.
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Abstract
Prologue to the Third Edition Preface 1. A Disquieting Suggestion 2. The Nature of Moral Agreement Today and the Claims of Emotivism 3. Emotivism: Social Content and Social Context 4. The Predecessor Culture and the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality 5. Why the Enlightenment Project of Justifying Morality Had to Fail 6. Some Consequences of the Failure of the Enlightenment Project 7. 'Fact', Explanation and Expertise 8. The Character of Generalizations in Social Science and their Lack of Predictive Power 9. Nietzsche or Aristotle? 10. The Virtues in Heroic Societies 11. The Virtues at Athens 12. Aristotle's Account of the Virtues 13. Medieval Aspects and Occasions 14. The Nature of the Virtues 15. The Virtues, The Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition 16. From the Virtues to Virtue and After Virtue 17. Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions 18. After Virtue: Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St Benedict 19. Postscript Bibliography Index.
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