Kierkegaard After MacIntyre Essays on

The work of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has recently been the subject of new interpretations. Alasdair Maclntyre argues that the prolific Dane's notion of ethics implies an arbitrary leap of faith. In this lively forum, scholars respond to and further explore his ideas.

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

(128)

Kierkegaard and the Relativist Challenge to Practical Philosophy (with a New Postscript)

2

(37)

Peter J. Mehl

To Tell a Good Tale: Kierkegaardian Reflections on Moral Narrative and Moral Truth

39

(20)

Jeffrey S. Turner

Kierkegaard on Rationality

59

(16)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

The Meaning of Kierkegaard's Choice between the Aesthetic and the Ethical: A Response to MacIntyre

75

(38)

John J. Davenport

The Place of Reason in Kierkegaard's Ethics

113

(16)

Gordon D. Marino

PART II: MACINTYRE AND KIERKEGAARD TODAY

129

(196)

Reason in Ethics: MacIntyre and Kierkegaard

131

(20)

Anthony Rudd

Neither Aristotle nor Nietzsche

151

(22)

Richard Johnson

After Paganism: Kierkegaard, Socrates, and the Christian Tradition

173

(18)

Karen L. Carr

Kierkegaard and MacIntyre: Possibilities for Dialogue

191

(20)

Bruce H. Kirmmse

Thinking with Kierkegaard and MacIntyre about the Aesthetic, Virtue, and Narrative

211

(22)

Norman Lillegard

The Perils of Polarity: Kierkegaard and MacIntyre in Search of Moral Truth

233

(32)

Edward F. Mooney

Towards an Existential Virtue Ethics: Kierkegaard and MacIntyre

265

(60)

John J. Davenport

PART III: RESPONSES

325

(32)

Unity and Disunity, Harmony and Discord: A Response to Lillegard and Davenport

327

(12)

Philip L. Quinn

Once More on Kierkegaard

339

(18)

Alasdair MacIntyre

Index

357

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Kierkegaard After MacIntyre Essays on Freedom, Narrative, and Virtue

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