ABSTRACT
This concluding chapter returns to the theme of a shared narrative and explains how virtue politics might recover the sense of a shared good that has been absent from liberal democratic politics and contemporary political philosophy. It begins with a restatement of the view defended in earlier chapters. That view is then applied to some ongoing debates within political philosophy: the debate over ideal/nonideal theory, the problem of a diverse political order, and the relationship between the personal and the political. The chapter also comments on how virtue politics speaks relevantly to the problems plaguing liberal democracies, such as the decrease in social trust. Lastly, prospects for future research in virtue ethics are briefly discussed.
