After Virtue
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After Virtue
| Full title | After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory |
|---|---|
| Author | Alasdair MacIntyre |
| Published | 1981 |
| Pages | 286 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | MacIntyre’s claim that modern moral argument never resolves because we inherited fragments of incompatible traditions without the teleology that made any of them coherent — and his case for returning to Aristotelian virtue. The best explanation on offer for why public moral arguments go nowhere, whatever one makes of the remedy. |
Where I heard about it
- On Jay’s investing reading list — a Google Sheet of 92 books by discipline, saved in Kyle’s Roam notes on April 15th, 2020 (Jay’s Investing Reading List). Jay’s reason: “Follow-on from Kuhn, w/ some Wittgenstein + Aristotle thrown in”
- @SpencrGreenberg’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world really works?”, June 2025. Full set of replies: A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, under Pursuing the Good Life: Ethics and Personal Growth, March 2026.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Virtue · Ethics · Morality — the subject.
- On the Genealogy of Morals — MacIntyre treats Nietzsche as the only serious alternative to his own position.
What links here
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