The MacIntyre Reader Edited by Kelvin Knight University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, IndianaPublished in the U.S.A. in 1998 by University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, IN 46556 Alll Rights Reserved Copyright © this collection Polity Press 1998 Published in Great Britain in 1998 by Polity Press in association with Blackwell Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data MacIntyre, Alasdair C. [Selections. 1998] The Macintyre reader / edited by Kelvin Knight . om. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-268-01436-1 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-268-01437-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Philosophy and social sciences. 2. Aristotle. 3. Ethics. I. Knight, Kelvin. II. Title. B1647.M121M33 1998 192—de21 98-24229 CIP Typeset in 10 on I1 pt Times New Roman by Ace Filmsetting Ltd, Frome, Somerset Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper.Contents Acknowledgements and Sources Editor’s Introduction Part I Establishing the Project “Notes from the Moral Wilderness’ Part I Combining Social Science with Moral Theory ‘Social Science Methodology as the Ideology of Bureaucratic Authority” ‘The Claims of After Virtue’ After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (extracts) Part III Establishing a Tradition of Practical Rationality ‘Précis of Whose Justice? Which Rationality?’ Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (extracts) ‘Practical Rationalities as Forms of Social Structure’ ‘Plain Persons and Moral Philosophy: Rules, Virtues and Goods’ Part IV Challenging Contemporary Philosophy Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (extracts) First Principles, Final Ends and Contemporary Philosophical Issues ‘Moral Relativism, Truth and Justification’ Part V_ Challenging Contemporary Politics ‘The Theses on Feuerbach: A Road Not Taken’ ‘Politics, Philosophy and the Common Good’ Part VI_ Reflecting on the Project An Interview with Giovanna Borradori An Interview for Cogito Guide to Further Reading Bibliography Index vii 31 53 69 73 105 109 120 136 155 171 202 223 235 255 267 276 295 298