@jordanellishall I'm in that book group! And I suspect this current revisitation of AM — as one way to get to foundationalist moral realism — falls into a regular cyclical attempt to counter the old conundrum of existential relativism and despair. Maybe only felt as urgent during times of acute turmoil? I got here by chasing down a very specific intellectual bottleneck starting several years ago, but it turns out to sorta track along with, yes, a vibe. I'm also reading AM's Dependent Rational Animals, though, and it's equally challenging, not least to the vibe's noxious branches of "moral foundations = political certainty." As you say, the community part is so key for AM, and it's really when we take seriously our animality and multiple vulnerabilities that see how much the virtues precede intellectual abstractions... My head is full after Myles's group last night.