A masterpiece of ethics and read excellently.

MacIntyre's work is a must read for those who seek to understand ethics in a world where subjectivism and nihilism have all but conquered. After virtue is a torch in the dark, showing us the path back to Aristotelian concepts long alienated by the enlightenment, modernity and post-modernity.

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A magisterial book read well

After Virtue is not an easy book, even for philosophers. This is partly because because of its conceptual and methodological range, but also because MacIntyre, though always clear, is not shy of subordinate clauses. Perkins ought to be commended then for readings at a pace that makes AV more digestible. I shall be looking out for more books read by him.

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Public education at its best

This book is, perhaps the best ever written on ethics. Its inclusion for free in the audible subscription service. Yes everyone a chance to understand why we have reached our current impasse, just a few years after the defeat of the great dictators.

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Wonderfully read and piercingly relevant

I loved not only the compelling argumentation but the diligent reading, nuanced and paced as it is in a manner which made a seminal work - at times complex - more accessible and alive than a simple reading of the source text oneself. Thank you.

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Excellent

This is an excellent book. However, I am not a philosopher and in some parts of the book, I think I would benefit from sitting down and reading slowly. This is what I intend to do. I also have a hard copy of the book.

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incredibly lucid philo/historical argunent

MacIntyre's clear, lucid, and nuanced elucidation of the contemporary West's moral and ideological malaise is over forty years old now. But it has aged well, and MacIntyre's concern for the incommensurable premises of the West's moral dialogues feels more urgent in the 'post-truth' political age than ever.

The narrator's unhurried, precise delivery is the perfect counterpoint to MacIntyre's clear, but never cold, prose style.

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A truly great (though flawed) work in philosophy

A great work, from an intellectual giant. You don't have to agree with MacIntyre's whole package of conclusions to find this a superb study of the history of moral thought, virtue ethics and parlous state of modern moral discourse. Perfectly and clearly narrated.

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Morality & Life

“After Virtue” has many virtues. The greatest among these is that, in spite of its academic tone, it succeeds in being accessible to a general reader. There are technical terms & occasional lapses into academic mumbling, but these are sparingly rare. In nearly every case the context & author’s striving for clarity resolves any obscurity. And, on the whole, detailed discussion of the work of other philosophers encourages but does rely upon in-depth scholarship on the part of the reader, although some familiarity with Western philosophic literature has to be taken for granted.

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the blueprint for the coming culture

probably the most interesting and important book I have ever listened to, and in my opinion provides the framework for a better mindset for humans in search for the best life for humans in nature. You must also have the mindset of we are not individuals that only exist in each moment, but we are all molding each other through our entire lives so we are story's of our selves and all the stories of the people around us that intertwine and twist with ours in the story of humans on this planet in the story of the world. And as for now we are the most self aware stories there are with the most complex and detailed interaction there can be. we are one with the community around us so improving both the community and our souls is nessesery for a better life and that only comes when we understand that we are one with nature and our community

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Finally got round to 'reading' this!

Strongly suspect my entire degree course was based on this book but only just got around to 'reading' it cover to cover. I may be biased by my education(!) but it's a massively important work in ethics and a must read for anyone struggling to reconcile the range of ethical theories in the post-enlightenment world. I still don't fully understand his arguments against Kiekegaard, but the book raises massive issues that most modern ethicists would probably prefer to ignore. Some of the pronunciations in the reading are iffy. Took me ages to realise that Go-worth was Goethe!

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