On virtues of the heroic ages: from “After Virtue” by Alasdair MacIntyre
The exercise of the heroic virtues thus requires both a particular kind of human being and a particular kind of social structure. Just because this is so, an inspection of…
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On Nietzschean irrationalism in bureaucratic society: from “After Virtue” by Alasdair MacIntyre
Reading Alasdair MacIntyre’s “After Virtue” – about two thirds of the way through. Whatever the virtues of the central arguments, there are an awful lot of thought-provoking quotes some of…
Séamus Sweeney 