Kierkegaard after MacIntyre: Essays on Freedom, Narrative and Virtue

by John J. Davenport (Editor), Anthony Rudd (Editor), Alasdair MacIntyre (Contribution by), Philip L. Quinn (Contribution by)

Overview

The last decade has seen a revival of interest in Kierkegaard's thought, particularly in the fields of theology, social theory, and literary and cultural criticism. The resulting discussions have done much to discredit the earlier misreadings of Kierkegaard's works. This collection of essays by Kierkegaard scholars represents the new consensus on Kierkegaard and his conception of moral selfhood. It answers the charges of one of Kierkegaard's biggest critics, contemporary philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, and shows how some of Kierkegaard's insights into tradition, virtuous character, and the human good may actually support MacIntyre's ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812694390
Publisher:	Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/16/2001
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	General Sigla	xi
	List of Contributors	xiv
	Introduction	xvii
	Selection from MacIntyre's After Virtue	xxxv
Part I	After Virtue And Either/Or	1
1.	Kierkegaard and the Relativist Challenge to Practical Philosophy (with a New Postscript)	2
2.	To Tell a Good Tale: Kierkegaardian Reflections on Moral Narrative and Moral Truth	39
3.	Kierkegaard on Rationality	59
4.	The Meaning of Kierkegaard's Choice between the Aesthetic and the Ethical: A Response to MacIntyre	75
5.	The Place of Reason in Kierkegaard's Ethics	113
Part II	Macintyre And Kierkegaard Today	129
6.	Reason in Ethics: MacIntyre and Kierkegaard	131
7.	Neither Aristotle nor Nietzsche	151
8.	After Paganism: Kierkegaard, Socrates, and the Christian Tradition	173
9.	Kierkegaard and MacIntyre: Possibilities for Dialogue	191
10.	Thinking with Kierkegaard and MacIntyre about the Aesthetic, Virtue, and Narrative	211
11.	The Perils of Polarity: Kierkegaard and MacIntyre in Search of Moral Truth	233
12.	Towards an Existential Virtue Ethics: Kierkegaard and MacIntyre	265
Part III	Responses	325
13.	Unity and Disunity, Harmony and Discord: A Response to Lillegard and Davenport	327
14.	Once More on Kierkegaard	339
	Index	357