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After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

by Alasdair MacIntyre · 1981

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Discusses the nature of moral disagreement, Nietzsche, Aristotle, heroic societies, and the virtue of of justice.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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moralitymoralityMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thisChristianChristianMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 304 pages

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