After Virtue (3rd Edition) - Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre

Category: Misc. Non-fiction

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Tags: Misc. Non-fiction, Political, Classic

After Virtue, Third Edition By: Alasdair MacIntyre Narrated by: Derek Perkins Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 03-13-18 Language: English Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., Publishers Summary When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Since that time, the book has been translated into more than 15 foreign languages and has sold over 100,000 copies. Now, 25 years later, the University of Notre Dame Press is pleased to release the third edition of After Virtue, which includes a new prologue: After Virtue After a Quarter of a Century., In this classic work, Alasdair MacIntyre examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, and offers a tentative proposal for its recovery. While the individual chapters are wide-ranging, once pieced together, they comprise a penetrating a