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Smith, R Scott

Virtue Ethics and Moral Knowledge: Philosophy of Language After MacIntyre and Hauerwas - London Routledge 2017 - 230p 25 cm. - Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.

Introduction: The Problem of the Loss of Moral Knowledge
Part I: A Possible Solution: Linguistic Virtue Ethics
Chapter 1: From Aristotle to Wittgenstein: Tracing the History of
the Loss of Moral Knowledge
Chapter 2: Philosophical, Linguistic Virtue Ethics: MacIntyre's Solution
Chapter 3: Theological, Linguistic Virtue Ethics: Hauerwas's
Answer
Part II: The Failure of This Answer: A Critique of Linguistic Virtue
Ethics
Chapter 4: The Presupposition of Epistemic Access
Chapter 5: The Issues With Behavior
Chapter 6: The Presuppositions of the Self
Part III: The Implications of This Failure and the Prospects for
Moral Knowledge
Chapter 7: Problems for Philosophical Theology
Chapter 8: The Charge of Relativism
Epilogue: The Future of Virtue Ethics, and Implications for Moral
Knowledge

ISBN: 9781138273023

LCCN: 2002023247

Subjects--Personal Names:
MacIntyre, Alasdair C.
Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940-
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics.
Virtue.
Language and languages--Philosophy.

Dewey Class. No.: N40.3 / SM511