Question

This book uses the example of the Sophists to argue that people who believe they understand the world logically can be easily manipulated. This book imagines King Charles II asking the Royal Society why a dead fish weighs more than a live one to claim that theories in the social sciences are no longer predictive. (15[1])This book laments the loss of unifying commonplaces that existed in the “predecessor culture.” Inspired by A Canticle for Leibowitz, this book opens by describing a society where words (15[1])like (*) “neutrinos” and “gravity” are used senselessly after understanding of science disappears. After describing the abolition (10[1])of taboos in Polynesia, this book calls Nietzsche “the King Kamehameha II of the European tradition.” This book criticizes the Enlightenment’s “moral project” and its abandonment of teleology. For 10 (10[1])points, name this book defending Aristotelian ethics by Alasdair MacIntyre. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: After Virtue
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Henry BonI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!5415
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broBanned from ARGOS8315
Joel MilesThompson et al.UBC9910
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms12910
Walter ZhangImport PandasHu up Jinning they Tao14010
Sam/Cypress MacchiPahkin' the Ahgo|madam|1400

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