Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue and the Neo‑Aristotelian Turn (1981–1990s)

1. Anscombe calls for a return to virtue

   Jan 1, 1958Labels: G E, Modern Moral

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2. MacIntyre publishes *After Virtue*

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

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   • Guardian

3. MacIntyre frames modern ethics as “emotivist”

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Emotivism, After Virtue

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4. The “Enlightenment project” becomes a main target

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Enlightenment project, teleology

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5. Virtues tied to practices and institutions

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Practices, Institutions

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6. Second edition adds a postscript to critics

   Jan 1, 1984Labels: After Virtue, Second edition

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7. *After Virtue* shapes “tradition-based” rationality

   Jan 1, 1984Labels: Tradition based, After Virtue

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8. MacIntyre delivers the 1988 Gifford Lectures

   Jan 1, 1988Labels: Gifford Lectures, MacIntyre

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9. *Whose Justice? Which Rationality?* is published

   Mar 1, 1988Labels: Whose Justice, MacIntyre

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10. *Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry* is published

    Aug 9, 1990Labels: Three Rival, Gifford Lectures

    • Bloomsbury
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11. Neo‑Aristotelian virtue ethics expands in the 1990s

    Jan 1, 1993Labels: Neo Aristotelianism, 1990s virtue

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12. MacIntyre’s “neo‑Aristotelian turn” becomes a lasting framework

    Jan 1, 1999Labels: Neo Aristotelian, MacIntyre

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    • Gifford