Virtue Ethics and Sociology: Issues of Modernity and Religion

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction K.Flanagan Classical Thinking for a Postmodern World: Alasdair MacIntyre and the Moral Critique of the Present P.McMylor Disenchantment and Virtue: An Essay on Max Weber K.Tester Virtue Ethics, Justice and Religion in Multicultural Societies D.Herbert Ethics and the Person: Risk, Moral Recognition and Modernity C.Davies & M.Neal Faith, Ethics: Young People and Late Modernity S.Collins Vice and Virtue or Vice Versa: A Sociology of Being Good K.Flanagan Contemplating Virtue: St Teresa as a Challenge to Social Theory M.Archer Virtue Ethics and Celibacy: A Hindu Perspective R.Barot New Age Utopianism, Cultural Extremities and Modernity P.Heelas From Religion to Ethics: Quaker Amillennialism P.Dandelion The Ethos of Modern Apocalyptic Stories: The Use of Judaeo-Christian Narrative in Popular Film J.Lindohf Hope Against Hope W.W.Miller Virtue Ethics and Death: The Final Arrangements P.C.Jupp Conclusion K.Flanagan Bibliography Index