This is my summary of Chapter 12 of After Virtue: MacIntyre Chapter 12
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Alasdair MacIntyre on Aristotle’s Account of the Virtues
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Jean-Paul Sartre / The Reprieve
Saturday, June 12th, 2010These are some reflections on the second book in Sartre’s trilogy, Roads to Freedom. The Reprieve Sartre
Read more...Alasdair MacIntyre on the Virtues at Athens
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010This is my summary of Chapter 11 of After Virtue. MacIntyre Chapter 11
Read more...Bernard Lewis / Islam. The Religion and the People
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010This is a very useful, illuminating and scholarly work. I have not sought to provide a complete summary of the book, since many areas are dealt with in a reasonably standard manner. I have rather highlighted those things I found to be especially noteworthy. Lewis Islam Religion & People
Read more...Alasdair MacIntyre on the Virtues in Heroic Societies
Friday, May 14th, 2010This is my summary of Chapter 10 of Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue. MacIntyre Chapter 10
Read more...Alasdair MacIntyre on Nietzsche or Aristotle
Monday, March 15th, 2010This is my summary of Chapter 9 of After Virtue. MacIntyre Chapter 9
Read more...Alasdair MacIntyre on Generalisations in Social Science
Sunday, February 28th, 2010This is a summary of Chapter 8 of After Virtue. MacIntyre Chapter 8
Read more...Jodi Picoult / My Sister’s Keeper (2004)
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Don’t read this review if you are planning on reading the book or seeing the movie – I give the game away! I haven’t seen the movie yet, starring, among others, Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin. Here’s how I see the book. Sara and Brian Fitzgerald’s daughter, Kate, is dying from a form of acute promyelocytic leukemia so rare [...]
Read more...Alasdair MacIntyre on Some Consequences of the Failure of the Enlightenment Project
Thursday, September 17th, 2009This is my summary of Chapter 6 of After Virtue, in which MacIntyre argues that to a disturbing extent our morality is "a theatre of illusions." MacIntyre Chapter 6
Read more...Duane Elmer / Cross-Cultural Conflict
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009This is an extremely helpful book for understanding how to approach conflict across cultures. All the material is worthy of serious consideration, but as a former missionary in Pakistan and now, by virtue of my role, involved in helping develop various ministries across cultures, I found Chapter 10 with its emphasis on reciprocity of particular relevance. [...]
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