Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue - Differing Accounts Of The Virtues - Sadler's Lectures

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion of several differing representative accounts of the virtues, including those of Homer, Aristotle, the New Testament, Benjamin Franklin, and Jane Austin. Examining these he distinguishes between conceptions of virtues that are based on social roles, utility, and the telos for human being as such. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can get MacIntyre's After Virtue here - https://amzn.to/2RiplGT