What happened in and to moral philosophy in the twentieth century? : philosophical essays in honor of Alasdair Macintyre / edited by Fran O'Rourke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Rourke, Fran, editor.

MacIntyre, Alasdair C., honouree.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

MacIntyre, Alasdair C.

Ethics, Modern--20th century--Congresses.

Ethics, Modern.

MacIntyre, Alasdair C--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

vii, 499 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]

Summary:

"What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth century? is a volume of essays originally presented at University College Dublin in 2009 to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Alasdair MacIntyre--a protagonist at the center of that very question. What marks this collection is the unusual range of approaches and perspectives, representing divergent and even contradictory positions. Such variety reflects MacIntyre's own intellectual trajectory, which led him to engage successively with various schools of thought: analytic, Marxist, Christian, atheist, Aristotelian, Augustinian, and Thomist. This collection presents a unique profile of twentieth-century moral philosophy and is itself an original contribution to ongoing debate." -- book jacket

Contents:

1 On Having Survived the Academic Moral Philosophy of the Twentieth Century / Alasdair MacIntyre MacIntyre, Alasdair 17

Part I Reading Alasdair MacIntyre

2 Keeping Philosophy Relevant and Humanistic / John Haldane Haldane, John 37

3 Ethics at the Limits: A Reading of Dependent Rational Animals / Joseph Dunne Dunne, Joseph 57

4 Alasdair MacIntyre's Revisionary Aristotelianism: Pragmatism Opposed, Marxism Outmoded, Thomism Transformed / Kelvin Knight Knight, Kelvin 83

5 Alasdair MacIntyre: Reflections on a Philosophical Identity, Suggestions for a Philosophical Project / Arthur Madigan, S.J. S.J., Arthur Madigan, 122

6 Against the Self-images of the Age: MacIntyre and Løgstrup / Hans Fink Fink, Hans 145

Part II Complementary and Competing Traditions

7 MacIntyre and the Emotivists / James Edwin Mahon Mahon, James Edwin 165

8 Naturalism, Nihilism, and Perfectionism: Stevenson, Williams, and Nietzsche in Twentieth-Century Moral Philosophy / Stephen Mulhall Mulhall, Stephen 200

9 Marxism and the Ethos of the Twentieth Century / Raymond Geuss Geuss, Raymond 221

10 Parallel Projects: Alasdair MacIntyre's Virtue Ethics, Thirteenth-Century Pastoral Theology (Leonard Boyle, O.P.), and Thomistic Moral Theology (Servais Pinckaers, O.P.) / James McEvoy McEvoy, James 244

11 The Perfect Storm: On the Loss of Nature as a Normative Theonomic Principle in Moral Philosophy / Steven A. Long Long, Steven A. 271

12 Forgiveness at the Limit: Impossible or Possible? / Richard Kearney Kearney, Richard 304

Part III Thematic Analyses

13 Evolutionary Ethics: A Metaphysical Evaluation / Fran O'Rourke O'Rourke, Fran 323

14 The Social Epistemological Normalization of Contestable Narratives: Stories of Just Deserts / Owen Flanagan Flanagan, Owen 358

15 History, Fetishism, and Moral Change / Jonathan Rée Rée, Jonathan 376

16 Relativism, Coherence, and the Problems of Philosophy / Elijah Millgram Millgram, Elijah 392

17 Ethics and the Evil of Being / William Desmond Desmond, William 423

18 The Inescapability of Ethics / Gerard Casey Casey, Gerard 460.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268037376

026803737X

OCLC:

832705000