This is a concise guide to Mac Intyres most important book After Virtue" examining its arguments in detail & placing it within the broader context of Mac Intyres career. " After Virtue" is a watershed in Mac Intyres career. It follows his emergence from Marxism but draws on Marxist sources & arguments. It precedes his move to Thomism but already draws on Augustine & Aquinas. Because of its watershed nature it has gained a wide readership in various fields but it treats a variety of issues in ways that are unfamiliar either to Marxists schooled in the social sciences or to Thomists schooled in medieval metaphysics. " Reading Alasdair Mac Intyres After Virtue" provides a commentary that will be accessible to students valuable to scholars & useful to teachers. Students will find help to navigate the two main arguments of " After Virtue" to understand its interpretation of history & to engage its proposal for a form of ethics & politics that returns to the tradition of the virtues. Scholars will find the book useful as a general guide to Mac Intyres ethics. Teachers will find a book that can help to direct their students reading & keep classroom discussions focused on the books central concerns."