After Virtue
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After Virtue
Alasdair MacIntyre
3 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2017–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
After Virtue by Alisdair MacIntyre for showing the contemporary situation in thought and ethics as profoundly abnormal and difficult, being the aftermath of the Enlightenment project's failure to ground morality in objective reason, and pointing to virtue within traditions as the only way to live coherently.
IMO these books are critical reading in a post-modern world to make any sense of life.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why? 2017 · 1 recommendation