Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
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"Macintyre's texts are reprinted almost entirely as originally published"--P[vii].
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pt. 1. Establishing the project. Notes from the moral wilderness -- pt. 2. Combining social science with moral theory. Social science methodology as the ideology of beaureaucratic authority -- The claims of After virtue -- After virtue : a study in moral theory (extracts) -- pt. 3. Establishing a tradition of practical rationality. Précis of Whose justice? Which rationality? -- Whose justice? Which rationality? (extracts) -- Practical rationalities as forms of social structure -- Plain persons and moral philosophy : rules, virutes and goods -- pt. 4. Challenging contemporary philosophy. Whose justice? Which rationality? (extracts) -- First principles, final ends and contemporary philosophical issues -- Moral relativism, truth and justification -- pt. 5. Challenging contemporary politics. The Theses on Feuerbach : a road not taken -- Politics, philosophy and the common good -- pt. 6. Reflecting on the project. An interview with Giovanna Borradori -- An interview for Cogito.
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Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time. He opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelianism. It is this tradition, he claims, which presents the best theory so far about the nature of rationality, morality and politics. This is the first Reader of MacIntyre's work.