Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.
MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
“Justice,” “goodness,” “courage”: Words like these clamor through modern speech wearing the guise of moral weight. They might sound pretty to listening ears, but their beauty is often highly illusory. The words typically associated with moral action are barren, each echoing through modern-day discourse as if it has a purpose that, in reality, it no longer holds. What one person views as morally justified another views as ethically questionable, each appealing to entirely different, indissoluble realms of moral truth. Renowned philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre crafts a brilliant, unnerving account of humanity’s failure to speak meaningfully in the context of morality, tracking the evolution of that highly contentious word virtue across centuries of philosophy—from the pillars of Athens to the experiments of the Enlightenment.
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