‘The Essential Theatricality of Virtue’: A Review of Jennifer Herdt's Putting on Virtue

One of Alasdair MacIntyre's colleagues at Notre Dame once told me that of all the passages in all his books, there is one of which MacIntyre is most proud. It is found, of course, in After Virtue: Consider the example of a highly intelligent seven-year-old child whom I wish to teach to play che...

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Autor principal: Perry, John (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2012
En: Scottish journal of theology
Año: 2012, Volumen: 65, Número: 2, Páginas: 212-221
Otras palabras clave:B Augustine
B Eudaimonism
B Hume
B Virtue
B Hypocrisy
B MacIntyre
B Luther
B Erasmus
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Sumario:One of Alasdair MacIntyre's colleagues at Notre Dame once told me that of all the passages in all his books, there is one of which MacIntyre is most proud. It is found, of course, in After Virtue: Consider the example of a highly intelligent seven-year-old child whom I wish to teach to play chess, although the child has no particular desire to learn the game. The child does however have a very strong desire for candy and little chance of obtaining it . . .
ISSN:1475-3065
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0036930612000063