Description: "Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This new collection unpacks the influence of After Virtue on ethical and political theory, sociology and theology, and offers a multi-faceted exploration of its significance"--
Brief description: Tom Angier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics (Cambridge, 2019)., and the author of Human Nature, Human Goods: A Theory of Natural Perfectionism (Cambridge, forthcoming).
Review Quotes: '[The book] marks an important paradigm shift in ethical theory - a shift away from the dominant theories of utilitarianism and deontology - insofar as it introduces a series of concepts hitherto absent from contemporary moral philosophy. Highly recommended.' S. A. Mason, CHOICE