A disquieting suggestion — The nature of moral disagreement today and the claims of emotivism — Emotivism: social content and social context — The predecessor culture and the enlightenment project of justifying morality — Why the enlightenment project of justifying morality had to fail — Some consequences of the failure of the enlightenment project — “Fact”, explanation and expertise — The character of generalizations in social science and their lack of predictive power — Nietzsche or Aristotle? — The virtues in heroic societies — The virtues at Athens — Aristotle’s account of the virtues — Medieval aspects and occasions — The nature of the virtues — The virtues, the unity of a human life and the concept of a tradition — From the virtues to virtue and after virtue — Justice as a virtue: changing conceptions — After virtue: Nietzsche or Aristotle, Trotsky and St. Benedict — Postscript to the second edition.