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4 days ago · Given its really quite extreme selectivity of focus, what makes it still defensible to describe this volume as an intellectual biography is Perreau-Saussine’s detailed account, in his first chapter, of MacIntyre’s restless progress through the disputatious and fissiparous landscape of British postwar left-intellectual thinking.
Oct 1, 2024 · Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (/ ˈ æ l ə s t ər ˈ m æ k ɪ n ˌ t aɪər /; born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.
Sep 30, 2024 · MacIntyre called into question the very concept of “human dignity,” or at least our contemporary use of it, which serves as the basis for present-day Catholic political engagement. In his estimation, this version of “dignity” is a word without much meaning.
5 days ago · The work of Alasdair MacIntyre, a modern virtue ethicist deeply critical of liberal capitalism, will be utilised to exhibit the flaws of the shareholder paradigm and the strengths of the stakeholder counterpart. Furthermore, MacIntyre’s critique of capitalism for engendering pleonexia will also feature prominently.
Oct 2, 2024 · This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion of why three virtues in particular - justice, courage, and honesty - are needed for practices, and to stave off the corrupting influences of ...
6 days ago · This paper examines how the contemporary virtue ethics of Alasdair MacIntyre can be applied to the issue of multinational tax avoidance, and considers the role that accountants play in these activities.
Sep 25, 2024 · In recent decades, approaches to ethics based on duty and consequences have been called increasingly into question. Virtue, narrative and community have emerged as three new paradigms, particularly as a result of the work of the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre.
