Dependent Rational Animals by Alasdair MacIntyre
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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- Published
- 1999
- Nationality
- Scottish
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- Original Language
- English
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