In the apocalyptic closing lines of After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre worries about the contemporary West’s decline into moral barbarism. If my account of our moral condition is correct...we ought also to conclude that for some time now we too have reached that turning point [from civility to barbarism].... This time however the barbarians are not waiting beyond the frontiers; (...)
December 17, 2010
Books
Heroes & Villains
A Rich BioethicsPublic Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass CouncilAdam BriggleUniversity of Notre Dame Press, $30, 240 pp.
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