Book contents
- MacIntyre’s After Virtue at 40
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- MacIntyre’s After Virtue at 40
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I After Virtue and Ethical Theory
- Part II After Virtue and Political Theory
- Part III After Virtue and Narrative
- 8 Form, Style and Voice in After Virtue
- 9 After Virtue, Narrative and the Human Good
- 10 After Virtue as a Narrative of Revolutionary Practical Reason
- Part IV After Virtue beyond Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - After Virtue, Narrative and the Human Good
from Part III - After Virtue and Narrative
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2023
- MacIntyre’s After Virtue at 40
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- MacIntyre’s After Virtue at 40
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I After Virtue and Ethical Theory
- Part II After Virtue and Political Theory
- Part III After Virtue and Narrative
- 8 Form, Style and Voice in After Virtue
- 9 After Virtue, Narrative and the Human Good
- 10 After Virtue as a Narrative of Revolutionary Practical Reason
- Part IV After Virtue beyond Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
There are two important differences between Alasdair MacIntyre and postliberals over questions of political form and political theology. First, postliberals are more favourable towards administrative centralisation, because it can realise non-liberal political objectives. MacIntyre, by contrast, criticises administrative centralisation and statism. Second, postliberals reject liberal efforts to close off political theology, offering theological alternatives to liberalism. MacIntyre, by contrast, provides a secular account of politics and restricts the scope for theological solutions to postliberal politics. Ultimately, I contend that in spite of their similarities, these differences suggest that postliberals and MacIntyreans are false friends: their disagreements are intractable and set to intensify.
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- MacIntyre's After Virtue at 40 , pp. 159 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023