...coming ages of barbarism and darkness. . . for some time now we too have reached that turning point. What matters at this stage is the construction of...through the new dark ages which are already upon us. And if the tradition of the virtues was able to survive the horrors of the last dark ages, we are nor...

...MacIntyre expresses guarded optimism that ethical life may yet withstand the advance of decadence: What matters at this stage is the construction of...through the new dark ages which are already upon us. And if the tradition of the virtues was able to survive the horrors of the last dark ages, we arc not...

...is correct, we ought also to conclude that for some time now we too have reached that turning point. What matters at this stage is the construction of...through the new dark ages which are already upon us. And if the tradition of the virtues was able to survive the horrors of the last dark ages, we are not...

...Maclntyre expresses guarded optimism that ethical life may yet withstand the advance of decadence: What matters at this stage is the construction of...through the new dark ages which are already upon us. And if the tradition of the virtues was able to survive the horrors of the last dark ages, we are not...

...gained from participation in political activity. 7 ' Maclntyre, at the end of After Virtue, called for “the construction of local forms of community within...the new dark ages which are already upon us.”¿ Rather than a single polis, there are three different visions of the polls presented in The Republic.¿...

...Fisher “What matters at this stage” of the late twentieth century, Alasdair Maclntyre contends, “is the construction of local forms of community...intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the dark ages which are already upon us.”¿ As I shall argue, the constitution of communities requires...

...insights cherished in communities of shared faith, I am not wholly convinced by his suggestion that, 'What matters at this stage is the construction of...community within which civility and the intellectual life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us.' 1 1 Such communities may...

...on fundamental moral questions. A solution to this conflict will require new political institutions. "What matters at this stage is the construction of...through the new dark ages which are already upon us." 4S relations, attachments, or goals. Sandel asserts instead that we are "subjects constituted in part...

...in a sentence which follows from that which is fundamentally understood under ‘communitarianism': “What matters at this stage is the construction...through the new dark ages which are already upon us” (p.245). Racism, gender discrimination and economic exploitation, as inherited, age-long complexes,...

...almost bottomless pessimism about the future and can think of nothing more hopeful to recommend than the construction of "local forms of community within...through the new dark ages which are already upon us" (263). Not the least of the anomalies in After Virtue is Maclntyre's dismissive attitude toward the...