Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish philosopher best known for contributions to moral and political philosophy and the history of philosophy; a leading figure in contemporary virtue ethics and author of After Virtue (1981) and Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
Books
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1. Dependent Rational Animals
Why Human Beings Need the Virtues
Argues that human beings are simultaneously vulnerable, socially embedded, and capable of reason, so ethical theory must account for dependence and the virtues that sustain communal life; critiques modern individualism and autonomy-based moral frameworks and emphasizes practices, narrative identity, and institutions—especially those that care for the young, ill, and elderly—as essential for cultivating virtues and enabling human flourishing across the life cycle.
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