Table of Contents

• • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Problem of the Loss of Moral Knowledge    1
• Pt. I    A Possible Solution: Linguistic Virtue Ethics
  • Ch. 1    From Aristotle to Wittgenstein: Tracing the History of the Loss of Moral Knowledge    13
  • Ch. 2    Philosophical, Linguistic Virtue Ethics: MacIntyre’s Solution    39
  • Ch. 3    Theological, Linguistic Virtue Ethics: Hauerwas’s Answer    67
• Pt. II    The Failure of This Answer: A Critique of Linguistic Virtue Ethics
  • Ch. 4    The Presupposition of Epistemic Access    99
  • Ch. 5    The Issues With Behavior    125
  • Ch. 6    The Presuppositions of the Self    147
• Pt. III    The Implications of This Failure and the Prospects for Moral Knowledge
  • Ch. 7    Problems for Philosophical Theology    169
  • Ch. 8    The Charge of Relativism    195
  • Epilogue: The Future of Virtue Ethics, and Implications for Moral Knowledge    209
  • Bibliography    221
  • Index    229